Fertility decline and birth intervals: is Africa distinct? • John B. Casterline, Ohio State University ; Laila El-Zeini, Cairo University ; Colin Odden, Ohio State University

Fertility change, economic growth and human development in Africa • Raïmi Fassassi, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (ENSEA) ; Patrice Vimard, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Population growth, fertility transition and family planning in West and Central Africa • Thi Minh Ngo, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Women's education and fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa • David Shapiro, Pennsylvania State University