Africa's Population: In Search Of A Demographic Dividend

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This book examines the promises as well as the challenges the demographic dividend brings to sub-Saharan Africa as fertility rates in the region fall and the labor force grows. It offers a detailed analysis of what conditions must be met in order for the region to take full economic advantage of ongoing population dynamics.

As the book makes clear, the region will need to accelerate reforms to cope with its demographic transition, in particular the decline of fertility. The continent will need to foster human capital formation through renewed efforts in the areas of education, health and employment. This will entail a true vision and determination on the part of African leaders and their development partners.

The book will help readers to gain solid knowledge of the demographic trends and provide insights into socioeconomic policies that eventually might lead sub-Saharan Africa into a successful future.

Stem And Social Justice: Teaching And Learning In Diverse Settings: A Global Perspective

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This volume focuses on selected innovative programs designed to augment the science, engineering, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce through increasing and enhancing the participation of under-represented groups.

The programs span the STEM career pathway—primary, secondary, and tertiary education—and professional development and socialization—in the United States, South Africa, and New Zealand. Similarities as well as differences between and among programs across nations will be systematically analyzed for lessons learned. The conceptualization for this volume developed over the past several years during various international conferences—starting in Havana, Cuba in 2006, and continuing at meetings in Japan (2014), South Africa (2013 and 2015), and New Zealand (2015).

John Reader - Africa

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Africa: un nome che evoca immagini contrastanti e a volte contraddittorie, in cui spettacolari paesaggi si mescolano alle crude scene di carestie e genocidi. Una terra quasi ignota e dal fascino profondo, di cui John Reader, grande viaggiatore e profondo conoscitore del continente nero, propone una "biografia" scientificamente documentata: dai primordiali cataclismi che ne plasmarono il paesaggio fino alle guerre che ancora oggi tormentano il continente, passando per la comparsa dell'Homo sapiens e il suo faticoso adattamento a un ambiente fatto di foreste, savane e deserti. Pagina dopo pagina sfilano così davanti ai nostri occhi la nascita e la decadenza di meravigliose civiltà, i mutamenti culturali, la dolorosa vicenda dello schiavismo, il devastante impatto dell'insediamento dei coloni europei, lo sfruttamento da parte dell'Occidente e il fragile emergere di nuove nazioni indipendenti. Una storia millenaria che Reader ricostruisce nelle sue zone d'ombra e nei suoi luminosissimi bagliori.