@article{Stecklov:300912,
      recid = {300912},
      author = {Stecklov, Guy and Menashe-Oren, Ashira},
      title = {IFAD RESEARCH SERIES 41 The demography of rural youth in  developing countries},
      address = {2019},
      number = {2165-2020-013},
      series = {IFAD Research Series},
      pages = {55},
      year = {2019},
      abstract = {Rural youth populations shift over time and help shape  future demographic patterns while impacting the options for  states to achieve demographic dividends and reduce gender  inequalities. Building on United Nations data, our analysis  shows how past growth of the youth population (15 to  24-year-olds) was dramatic in Asia and the Pacific, while  projections suggest a sharp rise in the youth population of  sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) until 2050. These variable  trajectories across regions are further accentuated by  diverging rural and urban populations – shaped both by  differential fertility rates and by rural-to-urban  migration. Youth sex ratios vary acutely between rural and  urban sectors, driven largely by sex-specific migration. In  some regions, male rural-to-urban migration leaves rural  areas with higher numbers of women. Efforts to involve  women in key roles in agriculture and to increase female  productivity should be a primary concern to raise the  demographic dividend. Indeed, large proportions of rural  youth, of both sexes, lower dependency ratios and raise the  urgency of accumulating human capital to increase their  productivity. Of course, growing cohorts of potential  workers require a labour market with sufficient capacity to  absorb them – and this requires particular attention as  rural transformation pushes youth to seek alternative  employment outside of agriculture},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/300912},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.300912},
}