the demographic dividend
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Examine the demographic dividend and the ways in which population could be considered a resource when contemplating possible futures.
The demographic dividend is the accelerated economic growth that may result from a decline in a country's mortality and fertility and the subsequent change in the age structure of the population.
What is a demographic dividend?
What is a demographic dividend?
With fewer births each year, a country's young dependent population grows smaller in relation to the working-age population.
With fewer people to support, a country has a window of opportunity for rapid economic growth if the right social and economic policies developed and investments made.
What is a demographic dividend?
Create a mind map on the demographic dividend to show how the 4 middle cogs can create factors that result in a dividend
Use Thailand as a case study to examine the demographic dividend and the ways in which population could be considered a resource when contemplating possible futures.
a) What conditions enabled Thailand to attain a demographic dividend
b) Benefits of a demographic dividend to Thailand
c) Future challenges to Thailandthe challenges to actually attaining a demographic dividend.