Women and men experience aging
differently. Evidence from across the globe suggests that
aging is not “gender-neutral”, but
rather “gender-imbalanced”....
Type: ReportReport#: 193512Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Saadat,Seemeen ;
Boudjadja,Meriem ;
Al Tuwaijri,Sameera Maziad
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
(especially cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer,
chronic respiratory disease, and mental health disorders)
increasingly threaten...
Type: ReportReport#: 193505Date: September 1, 2024Author:
George-Alleyne,Ramatoulaye ;
Evans,Timothy Grant ;
Irwin,Alexander ;
Jha,Prabhat K. ;
Veillard,Jeremy Henri Maurice
The rapid digitization reshaping the
financial services landscape presents both opportunities and
challenges. While rapid digitization has broadened access to
and reduced...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193581Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Duflos,Eric Bertrand Pierre ;
Izaguirre Araujo,Juan Carlos ;
Kumaraswamy,Sai Krishna ;
Newbury,Laura Brix ;
Valenzuela,Malinee Yasmin Rachel Am
This report presents an overview of
policies, institutions, and regulations (PIR) in the water
supply and sanitation (WSS) sector for three countries in
the Caucasus...
Type: ReportReport#: 193697Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Misra,Smita
Even as human beings are living longer
and generally healthier lives, consumption of tobacco,
alcohol, and processed foods with high sugar content are
causing substantial...
Type: ReportReport#: 193511Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Paraje,Guillermo ;
Jha,Prabhat K. ;
Savedoff,William David ;
Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan
As underscored in several background
papers developed for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (HLI)
Commission, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represent a
major and growing...
Type: ReportReport#: 193520Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Watkins, David ;
Ahmed, Sali ;
Pickersgill,Sarah Jane
In virtually all countries across the
world, the population is aging, and consequently, both the
number and proportion of older people are growing. Notably,
the aging...
Type: ReportReport#: 193515Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Glinskaya,Elena E. ;
Hou,Xiaohui ;
Feng, Zhanlian ;
Angrisani, Marco ;
Suarez, Guadalupe ;
Sharma,Jigyasa ;
Phillips, Drystan ;
Wilkens, Jenny ;
Lee,Jinkook ;
Yoo, Yeeun Lee ;
Lau, Samuel ;
Park, Hae Yeun ;
Chen, Yizhou
A sound banking crisis management
framework is paramount to the financial stability of
FinSAC’s client countries, especially during
systemic crisis scenarios....
Type: ReportReport#: 193608Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Ahmad Fontan,Ismael
Poor health in old age comes at a high
cost for individuals, households, and societies. Increases
in life expectancy across countries have not always added
years of...
Type: ReportReport#: 193510Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Rojas Mendez,Ana Maria ;
Munoz Boudet,Ana Maria ;
Moscoe,Ellen Elizabeth ;
Jamison,Julian C ;
Riumallo Herl,Carlos Javier
Population aging is a global phenomenon:
people all over the world are living longer. Undoubtedly,
this is good news. Extended longevity reflects the social
and economic...
To effectively address poverty, it is
essential that countries have the tools and means to
accurately measure people’s living standards.
Most countries rely on...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 193440Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Foster,Elizabeth Mary ;
Tetteh Baah,Samuel Kofi
Population mobility in the Sahel is a
multifaceted phenomenon. Economic factors play an important
role, with many seeking better livelihoods, higher wages,
and improved...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193611Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Ghorpade,Yashodhan ;
Coudouel,Aline
Economic activity has been resilient in
Togo over the last few years thanks in part to fiscal
stimulus which now needs to be unwound to reduce deficits
and put public...
Type: ReportReport#: 193636Date: September 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
North Macedonia is an
upper-middle-income country that aspires to join the
European Union (EU), but its sustained growth has been
achieved at high environmental and...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 193719Date: September 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The world’s population is
aging at a dramatic speed, raising concerns for how to
maintain income and productivity growth, improve the welfare
of older people,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193518Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Johansson De Silva,Sara ;
Santos,Indhira Vanessa
In India, economic growth increased from
7.0 percent in FY22/23 (April 2022-March 2023) to 8.2
percent y-o-y in FY23/24. On the demand side, growth was
primarily driven...
Type: ReportReport#: 193358Date: September 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The world’s population is
aging. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that, in
2030, 1 in 6 persons worldwide will be aged 60 years or
over. This study...
Type: ReportReport#: 193513Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Gatti,Roberta V. ;
Halim,Daniel Zefanya ;
Hardiman,Allen ;
Sun,Shuqiao
Globally, 41 million people die from
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) every year (World Health
Organization 2022a). This accounts for approximately 74
percent of all...
Type: ReportReport#: 193516Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Chakraborty, Debapriya ;
Wu,Chen Nee Daphne ;
Jha,Prabhat K.
As the global population rapidly ages,
there is a pressing need for approaches to promote health,
well-being, and productivity across the life course (Beard
and Bloom...
Type: ReportReport#: 193522Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Haldane,Victoria Elizabeth ;
Garcia,Gisela Mariela ;
Bockarie, Tahir ;
Wu,Chen Nee Daphne ;
Herrera Riquelme,Cristian Alberto ;
Latorre Castro,Maria Luisa ;
Chakraborty, Debapriya ;
Essue, Beverly ;
Jha,Prabhat K. ;
Veillard,Jeremy Henri Maurice
Bhutan expects to double its hydropower
capacity over the next decade, which is expected to have
significant effects on the economy. Estimates using a
Computable General...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 193361Date: September 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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