Implications of teenage pregnancy on socio-economic development

The evolution of the world goes with much life related changes that take place in the lives of human beings. Despite the numerous factors associated with our living conditions , beings orient themselves into different destinations that start from childhood and continue to adulthood. Since communities in the world wide are in the struggles to raise the status of families, the existence of teenage pregnancy among rural communities, are found to have triggered much life related problems which affect both teens and their families. Teenage pregnancy increases the burden to the country¿s economic development and is among the factors of demographic pressure, that is perceived to be a serious problem to the development programmes. This book details the implications of teenage pregnancy on the socio-economic development of rural communities in Rwanda, in which an analysis was made in both primary and secondary resources. Different perspectives have been demonstrated for deep explanation after the investigation and linked with major theories used in the work.