Many countries in Asia and Latin America have experienced impressive economic growth over the last two decades, and researchers, economists, and demographers have attributed these gains in part to demographic changes that have facilitated growth.
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(2012) Policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders optimistically discuss the demographic dividend.
(November 2012) Over the last decade, Ethiopia has made amazing progress in improving the health and development of its people. Infant and maternal mortality are on the decline, under-5 mortality has been cut in half, and literacy has nearly doubled.
(November 2012) Most of the money migrant workers send home to sub-Saharan Africa is spent on education, health care, buying land, building houses, starting business or improving farms, according to recent surveys.
(November 2012) After Malawian television airs the PRB-produced video “Malawi: Investing in Our Future Now,” viewers invariably comment on the satellite image of Blantyre, the country’s commercial center.
(November 2012) Across the globe, more than 35 million people are living with dementia, according to recent World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.1 This number is expected to more than triple to reach 115 million by 2050 in the wake of world population aging.
(November 2012) Each day, around 19,000 children die before reaching age 5. That number is 14,000 fewer per day than two decades ago, reflecting global progress in child survival.
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(20212) In recent years, more mothers of young children have entered the paid labor force.
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(2012) Although family planning use is increasing in the majority of developing countries, West Africa is lagging behind. Fertility rates among the French-speaking countries of the region remain high with an average of 5.