In which situation can population growth be considered a base for demographic dividend?

Correct answer: When the working-age population increases and education, skills, and employment opportunities are available

Direct answer: A is correct. A demographic dividend is the possible economic benefit that can arise when the proportion of people in the working-age group becomes relatively large compared with dependent children and older people. However, a large working-age population is only an opportunity, not an automatic benefit. People need education, useful skills, good health, and suitable jobs so that they can work productively and support economic development. Option A includes both the favourable age structure and the conditions needed to use it. B is wrong because a population without education and skills may not find productive work. C is wrong because disappearing jobs turn the large workforce into an economic burden rather than a dividend. D is wrong because a population made up mainly of dependants increases the support burden. Memory cue: demographic dividend means working-age people plus opportunities, not working-age people alone.