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African Population Growth - Dividend or Disaster

Geoff Riley

8th November 2015

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Can Africa's booming population be harnessed for economic growth? This new book - available for free download from the World Bank - explores many of the issues. Click here for the resource

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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