Sub-Saharan Africa in depression: The impact on the welfare of children

Sub-Saharan Africa in depression: The impact on the welfare of children

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Article ID: iaor20071342
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 12
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 283
End Page Number: 295
Publication Date: Mar 1984
Journal: World Development
Authors: ,
Keywords: developing countries
Abstract:

This paper analyses the impact of the economic crisis on the welfare of children in Sub-Saharan Africa, an area which includes most of the least developed and most severely affected countries. These countries are characterized by: low levels of skilled person-power, dependency on their primary product exports, small industrial sectors, a lagging food production growth, a high proportion of rural population and a child dependency ratio that is virtually 1 to 1. The situations of Nigeria, Zambia and Tanzania are examined in detail. In Zambia where there is substantial evidence of worsening of the condition of children in the 1970s, the most urgent requirement is additional resources, particularly foreign exchange. Such is also the case with Tanzania, while Nigeria does have the resources to develop a more coherent economy and finance basic services adequately.

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