Session 150:
Population and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chair: H. B. Kandeh, Statistics Sierra Leone
Population issues and the PRSP process in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia Helen Ware, University of New England, Australia ; Carlos Arnaldo, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane ; David Lucas, Australian National University
Socio-economic status and demographic outcomes in South Africa: are assets a valid proxy for income? Quincy Stewart, Indiana University ; Sandile E. Simelane, University of Pennsylvania
Cameroon’s experience in setting up an information system on population and poverty: the data base Samuel Kelodjoue, University of Dschang
Public policies and health outcomes: evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries since 1960 Eneas Gakusi, African Development Bank Group
Poverty and the elderly in national poverty reduction strategies in Sub-Saharan countries Benoit M.B. Kalasa, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ; Fatma Mrisho, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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