d+c/e+z dossier demographie mai 2020

Demographic trends

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Elderly couple in rural Tanzania.
Our view
– by Hans Dembowski

Lay the foundations

Global trends must be managed in ways to ensure that 11 billion people can live good lives on Earth
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Population growth
– by Samir Abi

Global challenge

Africa needs 450 million new jobs to benefit from the demographic dividend
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Population trends
– by Alisa Kaps

More and more, older and older

Both ageing societies with declining populations and growing, youthful ones face serious challenges
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Ageing and social protection
– by Florian Jürgens

Africa’s demographic transition

For the care and social protection of Africa's aging population, governments must now take action
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Societal Ageing
– by S. S. Sripriya, S. Siva Raju

Turning grey

The rapid ageing of India’s population raises questions about who will support the country’s old people in future
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Family planning
– by Mahwish Gul

Fast population growth

Pakistan’s fertility rate is declining, but at a very slow rate
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Population trends
– by Alisa Kaps

Demographic transition

The countries of the global North are the forerunners of a population development that is now widespread in other world regions
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Motherhood
– by Najma Rizvi

Healthy change

How Bangladesh reduced the average number of children per woman to a mere 2.1
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