Michel GarenneInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMI Résiliences, Paris, France
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMI Résiliences, Paris, France
Persistent high fertility in rural Africa
Persistance d’une fécondité élevée en milieu rural africain
Michel Garenne
The fertility transition, defined as a change from high and natural fertility (in a range of five to nine children per woman) to low and controlled fertility (down to two children per woman or less) started in France in the 18th century, and spread during the 19th century to other European populations, including expatriate populations
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Vital registration in Africa: when will it be complete?
À quand un état civil exhaustif en Afrique?
Michel Garenne, Pierre Cantrelle
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CR/VS) is an essential administrative system in modern societies. The registration of births and deaths defines a number of basic rights and duties, and is compulsory for the rule of law, legal identity, social security systems and many other aspects of social life. The publication and analysis of vital statistics
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Demographic dividend in Africa: macro- and micro-economic effects
Dividende démographique en Afrique: effets économiques macro et micro
Michel Garenne
A fashionable but controversial concept The ‘demographic dividend’ has become a fashionable concept over the past 20 years, and was the focus of the recent UAPS conference held in South Africa in December 2015.
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