Sub-Saharan Africa's population dynamics will remain favorable in the context of strong labor force growth and declining dependency ratios, and countries that manage to pursue growth-oriented economic policies and maintain political stability will emerge as high-growth economies. Sub-Saharan Africa is the world's demographically most dynamic region, which is an important structural factor underpinning the region's significant (if mostly unrealized) economic potential, as well as its susceptibility to political instability. While most of the world's advanced countries are stagnating demographically, sub-Saharan Africa continues to experience rapid population growth in the context of high fertility rates and declining mortality....
