In seeking to understand how future societies will be affected by climate change we cannot
simply assume they will be identical to those of today, because climate and societies are …

Only 150 years ago, the majority of the world's population was largely illiterate. Today, not
only do most people over fifteen have basic reading and writing skills, but 20 percent of the …

In the early years of the twenty-first century, economic growth Saharan Africa (henceforth
Africa) was buoyant, with annual re growth of close to 7 percent. The collapse of commodity …

PROGRESS IN HUMAN health and life expectancy is closely associated with
socioeconomic development. Better nutrition and greater affordability of health care …

Economists use micro-based and macro-based approaches to assess the macroeconomic
return to population health. The macro-based approach tends to yield estimates that are …

The relationship between population changes and economic growth has been debated
since Malthus. Initially focusing on population growth, the notion of demographic dividend …

A critical debate on whether macro economies would achieve sustainability targets via
green innovations could reach some informed consensus, given it is explicit how those …

This research investigates the dynamic interactive associations among sustainable
investment in the energy sector, air pollution, and sustainable development. To this end, it …

Population aging has increasingly become one of the most urgent problems in China. This
paper reveals new trends in population aging in China and possible impacts on social and …

We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and
dependency ratios in Africa remain high, they have started to decline. According to UN …