Demographic Transition

World Bank

doi:10.1596/33672

Publication:
Demographic Transition: Lessons from Bangladesh's Success Story

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-30T19:34:59Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-30T19:34:59Z
dc.date.issued	2020-04-27
dc.description.abstract	Bangladesh has been a star performer on fertility reduction, reducing its TFR from 6.7 in 1960 to 2.1 in 2017 (i.e. the replacement level of fertility). As a comparison, SSA countries reduced TFR by as little as 2 births per woman, on average, between 1970 and 2016 (World Bank, 2019), with Niger, Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo having similar levels of TFR in 2017 as they did in the 1960s. Most countries at the pre-dividend stage of the demographic transition, especially those in Africa, could learn from Bangladesh's experience. In particular, Bangladesh's fertility declines between 1975 and 1990, when it was still grappling with serious economic and social issues, were remarkable, and hold important lessons for other countries striving for similar success in optimizing their population growth. This brief case study documents how Bangladesh achieved such a rapid fertility decline despite economic constraints.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716001588089852253/Demographic-Transition-Lessons-from-Bangladeshs-Success-Story
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33672
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	FERTILITY REDUCTION
dc.subject	FERTILITY TRANSITION
dc.subject	FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
dc.subject	INVEST IN PEOPLE
dc.title	Demographic Transition	en
dc.title.subtitle	Lessons from Bangladesh's Success Story	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Demographic Transition
okr.date.disclosure	2020-04-28
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716001588089852253/Demographic-Transition-Lessons-from-Bangladeshs-Success-Story
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/33672
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	090224b087891882_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	31990936
okr.identifier.report	148088
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716001588089852253/pdf/Demographic-Transition-Lessons-from-Bangladeshs-Success-Story.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	Bangladesh
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Demographics
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Family Planning Research
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Reproductive Health
okr.unit	Human Capital Director (HHCDR)