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
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 ;
Savedoff,William David ;
Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan
This World Bank in India newsletter for
the month of September 2024 includes the following
sub-headings: community ownership helps Improve Health
Services in Nagaland;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 193769Date: September 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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 central hypothesis of this research
is that there is a strong, positive correlation between good
management practices and firm performance, for which we find
strong...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 193764Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves ;
Duman,Erkan ;
Acar Erdogan,Aysenur ;
Makovec,Mattia ;
Demir Seker,Sirma
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...
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 ;
Veillard,Jeremy Henri Maurice
Disease burden is commonly measured
using a variety of health statistics, including deaths by
cause, injury and disease prevalence and incidence, and
disability-adjusted...
Type: ReportReport#: 193507Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Chang, Angela Y. ;
Stevens,Gretchen Anna ;
Cardoso, Diego S. ;
Cao, Bochen ;
Jamison,Dean T.
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
The progress in mortality reduction not
only varies by age, but also over time. The mortality rates
decreased notably faster for ages under 70 during 1990-2010
compared...
Type: ReportReport#: 193509Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Wu,Chen Nee Daphne ;
Chakraborty, Debapriya ;
Hum,Ryan James ;
Jha,Prabhat ;
Jamison,Dean T.
This chapter aims to outline a framework
for examining the impact pathways between non-communicable
diseases (NCDs), human capital (HC), and end outcomes -
primarily...
Type: ReportReport#: 193506Date: September 1, 2024Author:
O'Keefe,Philip B. ;
Haldane,Victoria Elizabeth
Before the onset of the COVID-19
pandemic in 2020, life expectancy at birth had been steadily
increasing globally (UN 2019); and the advancements to older
ages and frontiers...
Type: ReportReport#: 193508Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Verguet, Stéphane ;
Bolongaita,Sarah Ann ;
Chang, Angela Y. ;
Cardoso, Diego S. ;
Stevens,Gretchen Anna
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