The Demographic Transition and Development in Africa

Chapter 1 The Complex Nexus Between Population Dynamics and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A New Conceptual Framework of Demographic Response and Human Adaptation to Societal and Environmental Hazards

Chapter 2 The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2005: How Unique Is Ethiopia?

Chapter 3 The Nature, Pace and Determinants of the Incipient Fertility Transition in Ethiopia, 1984–2007: Can the 4.0 TFR Target for 2015 be Met?

Chapter 4 The Demographic Transition and Development Nexus in Ethiopia: Real Dividend or Burden?

Chapter 5 Better-Educated Youth as a Vanguard of Social Change? Adolescent Transitions to Later Marriage and Lower Fertility in Southwest Ethiopia

Chapter 6 Women’s Decision-Making Autonomy and Their Nutritional Status in Ethiopia: Socio-Cultural Linking of Two MDGs

Chapter 7 Maternal Mortality and Human Development in Ethiopia: The Unacceptably Low Maternal Health Service Utilization and Its Multiple Determinants

Chapter 8 Migration and Urbanization in Ethiopia: Addressing the Spatial Imbalance

Chapter 9 Rural–Urban Linkages in Ethiopia: Insuring Rural Livelihoods and Development of Urban Centers

Chapter 10 The Importance of Permanent and Temporary Migration for Occupational Mobility in Urban Centers: Young Women are Doing Better than Young Men

Chapter 11 Urbanization and Changing Livelihoods: The Case of Farmers’ Displacement in the Expansion of Addis Ababa

Chapter 12 Are there Mixed Malthusian and Boserupian Consequences of Population Pressure and Food Insecurity? Vulnerability and Demographic Responses in 16 Drought-Prone Districts Throughout Ethiopia

Chapter 13 Household Demographics, Assets, and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study from Rain-Endowed South Western Ethiopia

Chapter 14 Population, Family Planning and Long-Term Development Goals: “Predicting an Unpredictable Future”

Chapter 15 The National Population Policy (NPP) of Ethiopia: Achievements, Challenges and Lessons Learned, 1993–2010

Chapter 16 Barriers to Access and Effective Use of Data and Research for Development Policy in Ethiopia

Chapter 17 Conclusions and Policy Implications