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Raja, Sangeeta

Global Practice on Health, Nutrition, and Population, The World Bank
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Reproductive health, Healthcare supply chains, Public health
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Last updated: January 31, 2023
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Sangeeta Raja is currently a Senior Public Health Specialist at the World Bank. She has more than 15 years of experience working in reproductive health in Africa and was one of the founding members of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition. She holds a MPH from Boston University. Ms. Raja was the task team leader for the demographic dividend study. She also manages several lending operations within Africa. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked for John Snow Inc., UNICEF and UNV both in the field and at headquarters.

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    Africa's Demographic Transition: Dividend or Disaster?
    (Washington, DC: World Bank; and Agence Française de Développement, 2015-10-22) Canning, David; Raja, Sangeeta; Yazbeck, Abdo S.; Canning, David; Raja, Sangeeta; Yazbeck, Abdo S.
    This book lays out a range of policy actions that are needed at the various phases of the demographic transition and uses global and regional experiences to provide evidence on what has worked and what has not. Countries have a menu of options available to speed up the transition, improve investment in the resulting youth cohort, expand labor markets, and encourage savings. This book not only looks at lessons from East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, but also at unique demographic characteristics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Harnessing the demographic dividend means, first and foremost, empowering women and girls by improving their health, enhancing their human capital through increased investment in education and skills, and providing them with greater market, social, and decision-making power. The full potential of the demographic dividend can be realized in Sub-Saharan Africa with proactive policies that can help to make it happen.
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    Africa’s Demographic Transition: Key Messages
    (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2015-10) Canning, David; Raja, Sangeeta; Yazbeck, Abdo
    Declines in child mortality, followed by declines in fertility, produce a youth bulge generation and a period when a country has a large number of working age people and a smaller number of dependents. If gainfully employed, a large number of workers per capita gives a boost to the economy. The different demographic profiles, including stubbornly high fertility rates in a majority of Sub-Saharan African countries, make it urgent to act with targeted attention to country context and specific needs across a number of sectors. To reap a large demographic dividend, Africa requires policies that accelerate the reduction in child mortality and help couples to achieve a smaller family size, empower women and girls by improving their health, increasing investment in their education and skills, and providing them with greater market, social, and decision-making power. The size and duration of a dividend will also depend on job creation and improvements in domestic saving.