01868cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014619 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498379878 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Drummond, Paulo. Africa Rising : Harnessing the Demographic Dividend / Paulo Drummond, Vimal Thakoor, Shu Yu. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (22 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Africa will account for 80 percent of the projected 4 billion increase in the global population by 2100. The accompanying increase in its working age population creates a window of opportunity, which if properly harnessed, can translate into higher growth and yield a demographic dividend. We quantify the potential demographic dividend based on the experience of other regions. The dividend will vary across countries, depending on such factors as the initial working age population as well as the speed and magnitude of demographic transition. It will be critical to ensure that the right supportive policies, including those fostering human capital accumulation and job creation, are in place to translate this opportunity into concrete economic growth. Mode of access: Internet Thakoor, Vimal. Yu, Shu. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/143 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2014/143/001.2014.issue-143-en.xml IMF e-Library