Transition in the age structure and development in Central Africa • Gervais Beninguisse, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Demographiques (IFORD) ; Richard Dackam-Ngatchou, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Education in the countries of Central and West Africa: a comparative analysis of progress towards Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) • Thierry Lairez, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Age structural transitions and Millennium Development Goals in South Asia • Kannan Navaneetham, Centre for Development Studies ; Arunachalam Dharmalingam, Monash University

The role of the demographic transition to changes in income inequality and poverty rates in Brazil • Simone Wajnman, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais ; Cíntia Agostinho, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR)