implications of an increasing young dependant population (eg: Sub Saharan Africa)
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- implications of an increasing young dependant population (eg: Sub Saharan Africa)
- positive
- social
- more children to look after the elderly
- opportunity to change a countries future - educate children
- children as economic assets
- great future workforce
- economic
- children as an economic asset
- provides a large long term tax base for the country (no elderly services)
- great workforce
- political
- provides a large long-term tax-base for the country
- large future voting population
- social
- negatives
- social
- strain on family/education services
- too high workers : job ratio in the future
- future unemployment issues
- strain on resources
- anti social behaviour, informal employment, prostitution, drugs etc
- environmental
- strain on resources - rapidly growing population
- pressure to urbanise areas - need for more housing, jobs, travel
- economic
- increase gov spending on the young
- the young cant work properly so they don't bring money in
- forced to work with low wages
- higher dependency ratio
- strain on education services
- issues with need for a high number of tax payers
- political
- high unemployment - too many people
- cant vote
- increase gov spending on the young
- stain on education and healthcare services
- short term issues with a need for high number of tax payers
- social
- positive
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