...g markets expected to drive the majority of growth in the coming decades. Young populations, rapid digital adoption and expanding consumer bases give emerging economies signific...
The global middle class is expanding by 100 million people a year, putting strains on climate, water, and food systems. At the 2026 Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank, we sat down with Homi ...
🌏 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡?
Rohini Somanathan of the Delhi School of Economics and Sagiri Kitao o
As birthrates decline around the world, governments are under pressure to respond. Darcie Draudt-Véjares breaks down the complexities declining birthrates pose beyond the culture war debate and wha...
...progress—now!
Explore how limited resources like food, water, and space shape population growth in ecosystems. As populations increase, competition for resources intensifies, ...
How did the 'Tiger' economies grow so quickly, and can India replicate that success.
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Überbevölkerung ist kein Fakt, sondern ein Narrativ.
Ob Hunger, Migration oder Klimakrise – immer wieder wird „Überbevölkerung“ als Ursache für globale Herausforderungen genannt. 🌍
Aber stimmt da..
An unpredictable operating environment is weighting on global growth and traditional engines such as trade are expected to expand by just 0.9% in 2025. With debt-to-GDP reaching a record 95%, there...
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium at Sciences Po on Tuesday 9th December 2025.
Panel: How does growth fit with development policies?
Moderated by Doug Gollin (Tufts University and CEPR)
Panell...
How demographic shifts reshape growth, labour markets and public policy
As demographic transitions accelerate across Europe and, especially, throughout the developing world, the implications for e...
Economic growth is vital, but how does it actually happen? In this episode, we discuss the importance of growth, get into the nitty gritty of growth policy, and preview our series on growth policy....
🟠 Are there too many people on the planet?
🟠 Is the global population collapsing?
🟠 Should we be worried?
📽️ @UNFPA debunks 3 common myths about the world ...
...t d'organiser un événement statistique majeur : le 4e Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (4e RGPH), couplé pour la première fois à un Recensement de l’Agricult...
... unpacks the link between China’s high youth unemployment and its rapidly aging population—and what these structural challenges could mean for Chinese society in the long term.
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The 9th Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Population Ageing, held from 2–3 December 2025 in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and co-hosted by UNFP...
Asia remains the fastest-growing region, driving about 60% of global growth this year and next. But headwinds from higher tariffs and global uncertainty weigh on prospects. Growth is projected at 4...