We also know that when governments invest simultaneously in voluntary family planning, public health and education, countries can benefit from the "demographic dividend" seen in the Asian Tiger countries.
She drew a graph that she said showed that China's "demographic dividend" would last for at least another 15 years as its labor force would remain stable at about one billion between 2016 and 2026.
Then the middle catches up as they educate daughters and plan families, followed by the poor, so that eventually fertility is lower across the board and the economic benefits of the demographicdividend are spread more evenly.
Federal Government wants the Provinces to take the lead for managing the demographicdividend that they aim to generate after creating conditions for education for all, and making young children in the country effective human resources , he added.