Population Growth

Jurczynska, Kaja; Kuang, Bernice

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-803678-5.00339-8

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“…The fears of global overpopulation persist, and Africa has of course not been left out, as the continent's population is feared to reach 2.5 billion in 2050 (Leithead and Onyiego, 2017). This perhaps informs Jurczynska and Kuang (2017) to affirm that, the world's population growth in the coming decades will be predominantly in urban Asia and Africa. World Bank (2016) noted that the world average is 2.5 with almost all of the increase coming from Africa and Asia.…”

Section: Conceptual Clarifications Populationmentioning

confidence: 90%

Nigeria’s Population Politics and Its Janus-Headed Implications: A Critical Analysis

Ubabudu¹,

Bakare²

2023

IJBMR

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The strength of a country is measured through certain indices, some of which are military strength, economy, geography, and population. However, the population can become a tricky indicator because of the possibility of its Janus-headed manifestations. This context is most relevant in countries experiencing population explosion without the natural and material resources to cope with it. The trend is particularly evident in Africa, particularly the Nigerian situation, where attempts at addressing the explosion through policy have failed, which further proves that the Nigerian population explosion is a typical Janus-headed scenario. There is no known research on this discourse as scholars either focussed on the factors that promote population growth or how it affects the economy, without examining the Janus-headed tricky indicator of population explosion which prompted this discourse. In this context, the research paper evaluates the Nigerian population explosion politics as a Janus –headed dilemma and seeks an answer to this question to this question: “Does Nigeria’s population provide opportunities or challenges”?

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Section: Conceptual Clarifications Populationmentioning

confidence: 90%