Background Accelerated globalisation has substantially contributed to the rise of emerging
markets worldwide. The G7 and Emerging Markets Seven (EM7) behaved in significantly …

We survey the literature on sub-Saharan Africa to identify how gender has factored into
explaining fertility levels and behavior. Tracing the development of male role theory, we …

Background Identifying relevant measures of women's reproductive health needs is critical
to improve women's chances of service utilization. The study aims to systematically review …

Lynn and Vanhanen test the hypothesis on the causal relationship between the average
national intelligence (IQ) and the gap between rich and poor countries by empirical …

Most women in the West use contraceptives in order to avoid having children. But in rural
Gambia and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, many women use contraceptives for the …

Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys for 22 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, I
show that the average educational level in a village or a community of a similar size has a …

Among development agencies, conventional wisdom holds that educational expansion
improves economic welfare and health, reduces inequalities, and encourages democratic …

South Africa's total fertility rate is estimated to be one of the lowest in sub‐Saharan Africa,
fewer than three births per woman nationally and declining. At the same time, adolescent …

Education and family planning can both be influenced by policy and are thought to
accelerate fertility decline. However, questions remain about the nature of these effects …

FROM RYDER'S (1973)“cloudy future” to Lee's (1980)“moving target,” the malleable nature
of fertility preferences is widely accepted; however, tools for conceptualizing and measuring …