Leapfrogging Africa : sustainable innovation in health, education and agriculture / Reiner Klingholz, Sabine Sütterlin, Alisa Kaps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klingholz, Reiner, author.

Sütterlin, Sabine, author.

Kaps, Alisa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health.

Education.

Agriculture.

Population--Environmental aspects.

Population.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 pages)

Place of Publication:

Stellenbosch : African Sun Media, 2020.

Summary:

In this study, we look at the potential for development leaps in Africa in three key sectors that provided the basis for socioeconomic development around the world: health, education and agriculture. Advances in these sectors increase the human capital, create jobs and economic opportunities and have a positive influence on each other. Healthy and well-fed children can learn better; hygiene and better medical care diminish infant mortality, which reduces the desire for a large number of children; education for women promotes gender equality and causes birth rates to fall further. This creates a population structure under which the economy can grow particularly well: a demographic dividend becomes possible.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-928314-74-0