The Demographic Transition and Development in Africa
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"The heated Malthusian-Bosrupian debates still rage over consequences of high population growth, rapid urbanization, dense rural populations and young age structures in the face of drought, poverty, food insecurity, environmental degradation, climate change, instability and the global economic crisis. However, while facile generalizations about the lack of demographic change and lack of progress in meeting the MDGs in sub-Saharan Africa are commonplace, they are often misleading and belie the socio-cultural change that is occurring among a vanguard of more educated youth. Even within Ethiopia, the second largest country at the Crossroads of Africa and the Middle East, different narratives emerge from analysis of longitudinal, micro-level analysis as to how demographic change and responses are occurring, some more rapidly than others. The book compares Ethiopia with other Africa countries, and demonstrates the uniqueness of an African-type demographic transition: a combination of poverty-related negative factors (unemployment, disease, food insecurity) along with positive education, health and higher age-of-marriage trends that are pushing this ruggedly rural and land-locked population to accelerate the demographic transition and stay on track to meet most of the MDGs. This book takes great care with the challenges of inadequate data and weak analytical capacity to research this incipient transition, trying to unravel some of the complexities in this vulnerable Horn of Africa country: A slowly declining population growth rates with rapidly declining child mortality, very high chronic under-nutrition, already low urban fertility but still very high rural fertility; and high population-resource pressure along with rapidly growing small urban places”

Table of Contents:
Preface: Dr. Bill Butz, CEO.- Population Reference Bureau.- Forword: Charles Teller and Assefa Hailemariam.- Acknowledgements: Charles Teller and Assefa Hailemariam.- I. Introduction: Context & Framework.- 1. The Complex Nexus Between Population Dynamics and Development in sub-Saharan Africa: A New Conceptual Framework of Demographic Response and Human Adaptation to Societal and Environmental Hazards: Charles Teller and Assefa Hailemariam.- II. Demographic Transitions and Human Development.- 2. The Fertility Transition in sub-Saharan Africa.- 1990-2005: How Unique is Ethiopia?: Tesfayi Gebreselassie.- 3. The Nature.- Pace and Determinants of the Incipient Fertility Transition in Ethiopia.- 1984-2007: Can the 4.0 TFR target for 2015 be met?: Charles Teller.- Assefa Hailemariam and Tesfayi Gebreselassie.- 4. Demographic transition and the development Nexus: real dividend or burden?: Yordanos Seifu.- Solomon Ayalu and Mihiret Habte.- 5. Better Educated Youth as a Vanguard of Social Change? Adolescent transitions to later marriage and lower fertility in Southwest Ethiopia: Moshi O. Herman.- Dennis Hogan.- Tefera Belachew.- Fasil Tessema.- Abebe Gebremariam.- David Lindstrom.- III. Health and Nutrition.- 6.Women’s Decision-making Autonomy and their Nutritional Status: A Socio-cultural Linking of Two MDGs: Yibeltal Tebekaw.- 7. Maternal Mortality and Human Development in Ethiopia: The Unacceptably Low Maternal Health Service Utilization and its Multiple Determinants: Munayie Seifu.- Mesganaw Fantahun.- Yirgu Gebrehiwot.- IV. Population Distribution.- Migration.- Urbanization and Labor Force.- 8. Migration and Urbanization: Addressing the Spatial Imbalance: Assefa Hailemariam and Aynalem Adugna.- 9. Rural-Urban Linkages in Ethiopia: Ensuring Rural Livelihoods and Development of Urban Centers; Aynalem Adugna and Assefa Hailemariam.- 10. The Importance of Permanent and Temporary Migration for Occupational Mobility in Urban Centers: YoungWomen are Doing Better than Young Men: Yambi Djamba & Charles Teller.- V. Vulnerability and Adaptation: Case Studies in Population-Resource Pressure and Food Insecurity.- 11. Urbanization and Changing Livelihoods: The Case of Farmers’ Displacement in the Expansion of Addis Ababa: Feyera Abdissa and Terefe Degefa.- 12. Malthusian or Bosrupian Consequences to Population Pressure and Food Insecurity? Vulnerability and Demographic Responses in 16 Drought-Prone Districts throughout Ethiopia: Charles H. Teller.- 13. Household Demographics.- Assets and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study from Rain-endowed South Western Ethiopia: Dula Etana.- VI. Development Policy and Program Evaluation.- 14. Population and Long-term Development Planning: Projecting an Unpredictable Future: Senait Tibebu.- 15. The National Population Policy (NPP) of Ethiopia: Achievements.- Challenges and Lessons learned.- 1993-2010: Assefa Hailemariam.- Solomon Alayu and Charles Teller.- 16.Barriers to Access and Effective Use of Demographic Data and Research for Development Policy in Ethiopia: Charles Teller.- Assefa Hailemariam and Negash Teklu.- VII. Conclusions and Policy Implications.- 17. Conclusions and Policy Implications: Charles Teller and Assefa Hailemariam.- Annexes: Index.- Author biographies.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789048189175
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 359
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9048189179
  • Publisher Date: 11 Mar 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Unique Case of Ethiopia


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