Capitalizing on Nigeria's demographic dividend: Reaping the benefits and diminishing the burdens

Etude de la Population Africaine

Volumn 27, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2013, Pages 319-330

  Reed, Holly E ^a   Mberu, Blessing U ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Demographic dividend; Nigeria; Population growth; Population policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905060590     PISSN: 08505780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11564/27-2-477     Document Type: Article

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