The High-level event provided an opportunity for Member States and stakeholders to evaluate investments needed to reap the demographic dividend, including through employment opportunities for young ...

The demographic dividend is the idea that a country will be able to experience a period of rapid growth when its population becomes dominated by a higher share of working age individuals compared to ...

As the population of the world approaches 8 billion, the growth rate continues to slow. Once fertility begins to fall, the changing age distribution becomes a positive force for economic growth, if ...

India’s demographic dividend began in the early 1980s and will end by 2040. In contrast, China’s dividend ended in the mid-2010s, but it took full advantage of its 9–10 percent annual growth rate for ...

Population growth could prevent fossil fuels from going extinct. Instead of an energy transition, we'll likely see an energy addition. That suggests oil and gas supplies will keep rising, driving the ...