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Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development
OPINION: Invest in Young People to Harness Africa’s Demographic Dividend
By
Julitta Onabanjo
,
Benoit Kalasa
, and
Mohamed Abdel-Ahad
Different issues will be competing for the attention of different African leaders attending the 69th
United Nations General Assembly Special Session on International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Beyond 2014 in New York on Sep 22.
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