Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Growth Requires Quality Education for Growing Population
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Demographic transition may be the biggest single opportunity for the economies of sub-Saharan Africa, but countries will only be able to enjoy the dividends if they make sufficient investment in education.
The region’s population is poised to double to 2 billion by 2050. As the Chart of the Week shows, that expansion will be led by growth in the working-age population of those ages 15 to 64 that will outpace other age groups and drive almost all the increase.
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