The new urban agenda and demographic dividend: Investments for Africa’s youth

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Author(s)
Siba, E.
Publication language
English
Pages
29pp
Date published
01 Jan 2019
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Government, Urban, Urban design/planning
Organisations
Brookings Institution
Link
https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-new-urban-agenda-and-demographic-dividend…

This report has two goals. First, it summarizes the peculiarities of Africa’s urbanization pattern and the challenges and opportunities it presents to the implementation of the NUA. Second, it highlights policy intervention areas for forces of urbanization to harness Africa’s demographic dividend and facilitate sustainable development.