The World - an Old-Age Home
Abstract: Africa is commonly portrayed as the driver of a global "population explosion." The new publication Empty Planet (2019) contests this prevailing view. Worldwide, it argues, the peak of the population increase will soon be reached and declining fertility will be the real problem for humanity, potentially in Africa too. The book's thesis has received a great deal of attention. Rightly so? It's the prevailing opinion: The world population will have increased to 11 billion by the turn of the century. Empty Planet gives minority opinions a platform. In 30 years the growth will tip, and the ageing population will become a significant problem around the world. In reality the authors are using previously known data, focusing only on the most optimistic population trends. And the most unpredictable element is how the African continent will develop. Will the global trends reach Africa as well, and if so, when? The elephant in the room is the European fear of migration. Their development polic
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Die Welt - ein Altersheim
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 9 S.
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Englisch
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GIGA Focus Afrika ; Bd. 4
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2019
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Veröffentlichung
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Hamburg
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GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Afrika-Studien
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2019
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GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Afrika-Studien
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-64375-7
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 13:55 MEZ
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Beteiligte
- Woeste, Peter
- GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Afrika-Studien
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Entstanden
- 2019
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