How significant is Africa's demographic dividend for its future growth and poverty reduction ?
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Achieving Shared Growth; Economic Conditions and Volatility; Economic Theory&Research; Economic Growth; Emerging Markets;
All these keywords.NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2014-12-24 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2014-12-24 (Development)
- NEP-GRO-2014-12-24 (Economic Growth)
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