Challenges and opportunities - The population of the Middle East and North Africa

Population Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Roudi Fahimi, Farzaneh ^a   Kent, Mary Mederios ^b  

^a Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; IMMIGRATION; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; POLITICAL CHANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL CHANGE; YOUNG POPULATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34447507592     PISSN: 0032468X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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