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West Africa

How the demographic and socio-economic profile will change by 2065 — an extract from the book, in seven slides.

"Educate and equip the workforce and the numbers become a dividend; fail to, and they become a burden." On West Africa · From The Demographic Railroad
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West Africa is one of fifteen chapters.

These slides are an extract. The book sets out the full analysis of West Africa, and does the same for fourteen other countries and regions.

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