All posts tagged "ageing population"
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Global triggers: why these five big issues could cause significant problems in 2024
The tensions between the US and China made the global economy shudder in 2023. The ramifications of the Ukrainian war echoed beyond the country’s border. In Africa, the coup d’état
- Posted January 8, 2024
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The productivity problem: causes, consequences and cures
Poor productivity hampers wage growth, stoking public dissatisfaction. As delegates heard at the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, this is a decades-old problem with complex roots – and one demanding
- Posted September 26, 2019
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Governments failing to respond to needs of ageing population, says OECD
Governments around the world are failing to respond to the needs of an ageing population, according to a recent OECD report which calls on health systems to improve their use
- Posted January 18, 2016
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Q&A: Dr. Ludger Schuknecht, Ministry of Finance, Germany
Dr. Ludger Schuknecht is chief economist and director-general for strategy, international financial monetary policy at Germany’s Ministry of Finance. Please describe your role. What is the focus of your
- Posted October 3, 2015