Ageing Populations Transform Economies
How companies are adapting to aging populations around the world with new products, new personnel policies and new marketing tactics. [Charles Wallace – Global Finance, 7 March 2024.] READ MORE
The European Commission sets out tools to manage demographic change
Dubravka Šuica is the Vice-President for Democracy and Demography of the European Commission. The European Commission adopted on 11th October 2023 a Communication presenting a set of policy tools [...]
China May Have to Accept the New Normal in Birth Rates
Decades of a one-child policy led to a 4-2-1 problem, in which a sole young adult must become the breadwinner for not only his two parents but also his four grandparents. [Chad de Guzman – [...]
Managing Migration: What Can We Learn From Simulation Experiments?
Migration flows can respond to policy changes in unpredictable ways, as a result of complex environments of the underlying drivers, agency of prospective migrants and the way in which they make [...]
Integrated policy making for child well-being
Good policy making for child well-being calls for government ministries, agencies and other service providers to better collaborate and focus on a small number of key child well-being issues. [...]
Population diversity and social cohesion: What works at the local level?
Having older and younger people as equal partners in designing and implementing local policies and planning activities is key to maintaining social cohesion and mitigating youth outmigration. [...]
Rising Child Poverty in Europe: Mitigating the Scarring from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Child poverty increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Left unaddressed, this would not only affect individuals’ life prospects and well-being but also have long-term economic [...]
An ageing society can’t turn its back on social care any longer
Governments have promised to tackle the crisis for 25 years, but it’s never an election winner. [Camilla Cavendish – The Financial Times, 9 June 2023.] READ MORE
Too little, too late — An assessment of public spending on children by age in 84 countries
Underinvestment in children is a slow-burning and fundamental crisis for development, and needs to be addressed with as equal urgency as conflict, COVID-19 and climate breakdown. [Dominic [...]
Putting our children at the centre of family policy
Children continue to be victimized by practices and policies that prioritize adult desires above children’s rights. [Katy Faust – MercatorNet, 21 April 2023.] READ MORE
