Policies affecting fertility and contraceptive use : an assessment of twelve Sub-Saharan countries

The population of sub-Saharan Africa is growing at 3.2 percent per year, the result of declining death rates and high fertility of 6 to 7 children per woman. At this rate of growth, the population will double in 22 years. Rapid population growth strains the region ' s capacity to raise per capi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scribner, Susan
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1995
Series:World Bank discussion papers. Africa Technical Department series no. 259
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