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The fantasy that we can “print our way out of any problem” is strong because it’s so convenient and apparently so successful – at first. [Rick Ackerman – FXStreet, 4 April 2022.] READ MORE

With even countries like India on a path to population decline, we can expect political shifts, environmental benefits and economic uncertainty – and we can expect it very soon. [John Ibbitson [...]

The number of residents in the Seoul metropolitan region has surpassed 50% of the nation’s total population for the first time ever last year. [Yoon Ja-young – The Korea Times, 2 January [...]

Both private companies and the government must clean up their act if they want to make sure we can’t talk of another lost decade. [Ananya Bhattacharya – Scroll, 27 December 2021.] READ MORE

While full details have not been disclosed, it will include measures to help parents combine work with family life as well as housing, care and financial incentives. [Maria Wilczek – Notes [...]

It’s a thorny problem with no easy solutions. Some, like Russia, have tried throwing money at it, offering parents generous cash incentives to have children. But policies like this rarely [...]

Attempts at comprehensive quantitative assessments of sustainable development can focus on either determinants or constituents of long-term human well-being. While much research on determinants [...]

What role does population play in thinking about the problem of climate change and some of its solutions? This survey asked European demographers to state their views and asked them to rate their [...]

As well as the impact of population dynamics on development is understood, there is surprisingly little global awareness of the next great stage of the world historical demographic story, even [...]

Dramatic demographic changes are underway in China. Yet one absolutely momentous demographic trend has attracted far less attention: the coming transformation of the Chinese family structure. [...]