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Adjustment, social sectors, and demographic change in sub‐Saharan Africa
Author(s) -
Ekouevi Koffi,
Adepoju Aderanti
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3380070104
Subject(s) - economics , context (archaeology) , commodity , earnings , public sector , balance of payments , private sector , language change , structural adjustment , balance of trade , terms of trade , exchange rate , development economics , international economics , economic growth , monetary economics , market economy , economy , art , paleontology , accounting , literature , biology
Abstract This paper examines the impact of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) on social sectors in Sub‐Saharan Africa and its implications for demographic change. Our analysis suggests a continuing deterioration of social sectors which may have been accelerated by a decade of implementation of SAPs. In that context, two speculative scenarios are envisioned for the region's demographic change: a delayed demographic transition justified by the persistence of conditions that sustain high fertility; and a crisis‐led transition where hardship might accelerate the transition. Country specific studies are more suited than comparative studies to unravel these issues.