Age Structure and Fertility Rates: Managing Demographic Change in Developing Nations Of all the demography characteristics, age and fertility influencing population development in developing nations are crucial factors. Age Structure: Youth Bulge: They are a resource that if given a large populationRead more
Age Structure and Fertility Rates: Managing Demographic Change in Developing Nations
Of all the demography characteristics, age and fertility influencing population development in developing nations are crucial factors.
Age Structure:
Youth Bulge: They are a resource that if given a large population of young people can cause fast overpopulation therefore a lot of demands on the available resources and development infrastructure.
-Aging Population: Few births you have correspond with higher level of dependency of the aged as people age thus implying a higher number of the aged and those who will be being supported by working population.
Demographic Dividend: The time when a majority of the population is in the working population. In such a case economic growth and development is possible if there is investment in education, health and employment.
Fertility Rates:
High Fertility Rates: Problem of providing basic needs such education, health and employment in areas of rapid population growth due to high fertility rates will arise.
One could slow the rate of growth of the population and leave it in its old age. It has advantages and disadvantages – on one hand less resources are being used, on the other hand – economic issues may arise.
It is influenced by fertility rate meaning it is associated with several effects that a country can go through on the social, economic and environmental front. For instance, high fertility population that happens within the youthful population may find it difficult to facilitate education and health facility while the aged people require much investment on the social security and health services.
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I would like to answer the first question which is what motivated me to appear for UPSC CSE. First of all from my childhood my family told me that I had the dream of becoming an IAS officer,at that time I would only know about becoming a DM and not know anything about UPSC or the exam growing up I dRead more
I would like to answer the first question which is what motivated me to appear for UPSC CSE.
First of all from my childhood my family told me that I had the dream of becoming an IAS officer,at that time I would only know about becoming a DM and not know anything about UPSC or the exam growing up I did develop interest in other career options the dream of becoming a civil servant stood up amongst all and that how I started to know about the exam and the more I read I realise that the value and ethics which this act of service demands I have those in me such as honesty, integrity, work ethics, transparency, accountability etc and I found myself more closer to this exam and I truly believe that this service has so much power to impact the society and my vision for life and country aligns with what is demanded from the civil servants and to understand the ground realities even more I completed my masters from Delhi school of social work in social work where I worked very closely with vulnerable communities, understood their real life issues tried to provide them as a social worker and this is how passionate I m to become a civil servant.
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