Our EBPM Seminar Series at the Department of Public Policy brings external academics and practitioners to discuss their ongoing research. This event series prioritizes understanding how data, observations, and ultimately evidence is approached by each researcher.
Summary
With India experiencing rapid demographic change, the demographic dividend potential is now well recognized. While there is overwhelming optimism that the demographic bonus will take the country to greater economic heights, pessimists seriously doubt the ability of the country to take advantage of demographic dividend due to several constraints. The lack of skilled manpower, levels of unemployment etc are often discussed as serious constraints to achieve demographic dividend. This talk focuses on the nature of demographic changes in India and the resultant demographic dividend experience. It looks into the facilitating factors of demographic dividend and concludes on the policy implications of demographic change in India to take advantage of demographic bonus.
About the Speaker
KS James is a Senior Research Scholar at IIASA Vienna and Former Director and Senior Professor at IIPS, Mumbai.