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Human fertility
Book Chapter
A Wider Approach to Aid Effectiveness: Correlated Impacts on Health, Wealth, Fertility and Education

From the book: Advancing Development

Economic assistance and foreign aid Education Human fertility
Working Paper
Gender and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Evidence

The study suggests that gender inequality acts as a significant constraint to growth in sub-Saharan Africa, and that removing gender-based barriers to growth will make a substantial contribution to realizing Africa’s economic potential...

Discrimination in employment Economic development Education
Working Paper
A Wider Approach to Aid Effectiveness: Correlated Impacts on Health, Wealth, Fertility and Education

In this paper we discuss the results of research into the impact of foreign aid on human development...

Economic assistance and foreign aid Education Human fertility
Working Paper
Culture and the Fertility Transition in India

The paper examines the evidence for various explanations usually offered for the differences in fertility behaviour across regions and over time in India...

Econometric models (Economic development) Human fertility Income distribution
Book Chapter
Endogenous Fertility and the Environment: A Parable of Firewood

From the book: The Environment and Emerging Development Issues

Environment Human fertility Population
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