Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Pakistan’s demographic profile is changing: fertility is slowly decreasing, and people are living longer. If Pakistan succeeds in strengthening education and bringing the full panoply of reproductive rights and reproductive health services to women, it will have taken two important steps in transforming demographic change into poverty reduction and better lives for the great majority of Pakistanis. If it also takes other policy actions that can spur productive employment and investment, positive outcomes are all the more likely. This book brings together many ideas that have been discussed for some time in Pakistan and around the world, including extensive development of education and major efforts in the reproductive health arena, to offer an inviting and highly achievable means for shaping and harnessing Pakistan’s growing population in a way that promotes inclusive economic development. As such, this book can be considered part of a blueprint for development in Pakistan.
DOI
10.31899/pgy5.1012
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Sathar, Zeba, Rabbi Royan, and John Bongaarts (eds.). 2013. "Capturing the demographic dividend in Pakistan." Islamabad: Population Council.
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