Population age structures act both to support and constrain key aspects of development,
ranging from demographic dividends to civil violence. Despite recognition of the crucial role …

The age group composition of populations varies substantially across continents and within
countries, and is linked to levels of development, health status and poverty. The subnational …

The balance of men and women in society, captured by sex ratios, determines key social
and demographic phenomena. Previous research has explored sex ratios mainly at birth …

Insofar as demographic and economic outcomes are interrelated, demographic trends can
signal or portend change in rural-urban inequality. This paper examines trends in the …

Rural youth populations shift over time and help shape future demographic patterns while
impacting the options for states to achieve demographic dividends and reduce gender …

Sub-Saharan Africa faces major urban challenges, so many governments of the region have
responded by developing national urban policies. We present emerging urban-system …

This brief presents a factual and retrospective analysis of the relationships between
urbanisation and demography in North Africa and West Africa. It shows that the process of …

This paper studies rural demographic trends at the global level with an analysis of a
specially prepared database of population age/gender/rurality tables from population …

Rural agriculture uses more than one-third of the earth's land and employs more than 40%
of the population, a figure that approaches 75% in developing countries. As a result, rural …

Demographic research in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) has long relied on a blunt urban/rural
dichotomy that may obscure important inter‐urban fertility and mortality differentials. This …