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By Maxwell Awumah, RNG
Accra, April 23, GNA – Mr. Bakary Dosso, Acting Director of Economic Affairs
Subregional Office of the Commission for Africa (ECA) for West Africa, reiterated
the Office to work with key players to successfully implement
demographic dynamics for development.
He said ECA would strengthen its crucial role in promoting research
badysis of demographic dynamics and integration of relevant demo-economic data
policies in development programs.
Mr. Dosso said at the opening of a two-day validation workshop
the study on the operationalization of the ECA Center on Population Dynamics
Development (DDD) in Accra.
DDD is changing the game, guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Development and objectives of the African Union Agenda 2063.
It is about helping the continent tackle one of its key issues effectively.
challenges: sustained and inclusive economic growth that would create decent jobs
jobs, especially for young people.
Mr. Dosso acknowledged that population and development policies were
contributing to the objectives of sustainable development and national development
programs related to health, education, gender and economic growth and stated that they
should be taken seriously.
He noted that the West African sub-region was at the forefront of
related to the dynamics and development of the population, with a slow pace of
average economic growth of 2.5% in recent years.
Mr. Dosso stated that the proportion of people in precarious employment was
about 73%, with an incidence of poverty exceeding 40%, except
for Cape Verde (31.8%) and Ghana (38.6%), while having a young
44% population under 15 years old.
Dr. Leticia A. Appiah, Executive Director of the National Population
Council, urged the governments of the subregion to mobilize the political will of the
implement policies focused on demographic issues for optimal development.
She stated that the ECA study on DDD was an appropriate priority, given that the subregion
continues to be the fastest growing among the nations committee if
The recent Global Competitive Index has shown lower productivity levels.
She called for a revamping of the dynamics of growth in the country and
subregion, growth exceeding 2%.
Dr. Appiah said that 40% of poverty levels and the increase in the number of young people
population of 44% could derail the entire demographic dynamic and become a
addition of a security threat; "If we want to solve the unemployment dynamics of
today, we should have laid this foundation 15 years ago.
She said that priority should be given to education and family planning.
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union Development Agenda 2063.
She urged governments to step out of their comfort zones to make
better and meaningful life for citizens.
Mr. Amadou Diouf, economist at ECA West Africa, expressed the hope
that a strategic direction and a 2019-2022 action plan be formulated by
closing of the session, as a mechanism for coordination, monitoring and
Evaluation.
GNA
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