The Demographic Dividend Sahel Statement

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Scientists and members of the national and international research communities who have signed on to the statement as of September 17, 2014.

*The signatories' views do not necessarily reflect the views of their employing institutions or governments.

Dr. Isabella Aboderin Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya and Centre for Research on Aging, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Dr. Jacob Adetunji Senior Technical Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development
Dr. Olu Ajakaiye Professor of Economics, University of Ibadan and Director, African Centre for Shared Development Capacity Building
Dr. Akanni Akinyemi Senior Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Dr. Eugenia Amporfu Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Dr. Philip Anglewicz Assistant Professor, Tulane University, USA
Dr. John Bongaarts Vice President, Population Council, USA
Dr. Latif Dramani Coordinator, Centre de Recherches en Economie et Finance Appliquees de Thiés, University of Thiés, Senegal
Dr. Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue Professor, Cornell University, USA
Dr. Alex Ezeh Executive Director, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
Dr. Jay  Gribble Senior Fellow, Futures Group, USA
Dr. Jean Pierre Guengant Emeritus Director of Research, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne /IRD -UMR 201
Dr. Stephane Helleringer Assistant Professor, Columbia University, USA
Ms. Pamela Jimenez-Fontana Researcher, University of Costa Rica
Dr. Jeffrey Jordan President, Population Reference Bureau, USA
Dr. Aklilu Kidanu Director, Miz Hasab Research Center, Ethiopia
Dr. Alain Koffi Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dr. Oumy Laye Economist, National Agency of Statistics and Demography, Senegal
Ms. Elizabeth Leahy Madsen Senior Technical Advisor, Futures Group, USA
Dr. Ronald Lee Professor, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Dr. Andrew Mason Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii, USA
Dr. Bruno Masquelier Researcher, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Dr. Rikiya Matsukura Researcher, Population Research Institute, Nihon University, Japan
Dr. John May Visiting Scholar, Population Reference Bureau
Dr. Blessing Mberu Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya 
Dr. Ivan Mejia-Guevara Research Associate, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Dr. Jotham Musinguzi Director, Africa Regional Office, Partners in Population and Development
Dr. Narayana Muttur Ranganathan Professor of Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Change, India
Dr, Gilberto Norte Program Officer, UNFPA/Mozambique
Dr. Funmilola OlaOlorun Lecturer, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Dr, Scott Radloff Senior Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dr. Holly Reed Assistant Professor, Institute for Demographic Research, City University of New York, USA
Mr. Jose G. Rimon II Senior Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dr. Luis Rosero-Bixby Professor, University of Costa Rica
Dr. Gideon Rutaremwa Associate Professor, Makerere University, Uganda
Dr. Lea Salmon-Marchat Senior Researcher, Centre de Recherches en Economie et Finance Appliquees de Thiés, University of Thiés, Senegal
Dr. Jose Sambt Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Cheikh  Sokhna Researcher, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Senegal
Dr. Abdramane Soura Senior Lecturer, University of Ougadougou, Burkina Faso
Ms. Ellen Starbird Director, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, USAID
Dr. Amy Tsui Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Feng Wang Professor, University of California at Irvine, USA
Professor, Fudan University, China
Dr. Eliya Zulu Executive Director, African Institute for Development Policy, Kenya