National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
For Support Of A Working Group On Stalled Fertility In Sub-Saharan Africa
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Amount$180,000
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Program
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Date Awarded1/23/2015
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
This grant will enable the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a workshop to assess the determinants of the slow fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa. The workshop will engage top experts from diverse fields to present their work and debate the causes for recent fertility trends. The workshop summary and papers will be published in academic journals and presented at policy fora. With Hewlett support, the National Academy of Sciences plans to expand participation of African experts in the workshop; produce a brief of the workshop report that can be more widely disseminated; translate the workshop summary into French; and organize two seminar-type public events in sub-Saharan Africa.
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