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Wednesday, December 2 / 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM   •   Silver Room

Session 103:
Fertility Transitions in Africa: Issues and Consequences

Chair: Ishmael Kalule-Sabiti, North-West University, South Africa
Discussant: Kofi Awusabo-Asare, University of Cape Coast

  1. Dynamics of marriage and infertility in South Africa: an analysis of census dataMichel Garenne, Institut Pasteur

  2. The prospects for an imminent demographic dividend in Africa: the case for cautious optimismAlaka Malwade Basu, Cornell University ; Kaushik Basu, World Bank Group

  3. Fertility transitions in sub-Saharan Africa: a male perspectiveBruno D. Schoumaker, Université Catholique de Louvain

  4. Demography is not destiny: probabilistic scenarios of future fertility change in sub-Saharan AfricaPatrick Gerland, United Nations Population Division ; Ann E. Biddlecom, United Nations Population Division ; Vladimira Kantorova, United Nations Population Division ; Stephen M. Kisambira, United Nations Population Division ; Thomas Spoorenberg, United Nations Population Division ; Cheryl C. Sawyer, United Nations Population Division ; Lina Bassarsky, United Nations Population Division ; François Pelletier, United Nations Population Division ; Petra Nahmias, United Nations Population Division

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