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To ensure financial security for all, China should subsidize medical care and education for the poorest people, adopting a life-course approach to the social determinants of health, and narrow [...]

This year’s Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap tracks which American states have implemented policies considered helpful for those formative years — a period deemed the “fastest, most vulnerable [...]

Companies have serious blind spots about their caregiver population and regularly make assumptions that can undermine their stated values and goals. [Katherine Goldstein – Harvard Business [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic may have been the exogenous shock that Japan needed to make people and organizations realize the downsides of an inflexible work culture. [Hiroshi Ono – East Asia [...]

They also reaffirmed the commitment to guarantee at least one year of free pre-primary education, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 4. [Unesco, 18 November 2022.] READ MORE  

As China, India is struggling with the legacy of harsh population policies, and stricter population controls could have disastrous consequences for women and minority communities. [Aprajita [...]

It took the global population 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion, but will reach 9 billion in about 15 years, in 2037. [UN News, 11 November 2022.] READ MORE

Policymakers must take into account the unique vulnerabilities of children and youth, and the potential harmful impact on their development and wellbeing. [Nizan Geslevich Packin – Forbes, [...]

Even as Beijing pursues policies to boost its birth rate, the country’s aging population could present challenges in the form of labor-force shortages, increased health care expenditures, and [...]

Increasing age-friendly jobs, where older workers may have a comparative advantage, might raise employment at older ages, according to research. [Daron Acemoglu, Andrew Scott and Nicolaj [...]