An overview of likely future global demographic patterns and their economic consequences.

The population of the world reached 7 billion in 2011, an addition of 4 billion people since 1960. According to United Nations projections, another 1.4 billion people will be added by 2030. This pa

Global Demographics Trends: Drivers and Impacts

The world economy is in the midst of a transformative change. One of the most visible outcomes of this transformation is the rise of a number of dynamic emerging-market countries to the helm of the g

As they put the financial crisis behind them, developing countries need to focus on tackling country-specific challenges such as achieving balanced growth through structural reforms, coping with infl

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) annually publishes the Global Education Digest (GED) in order to present the latest education statistics worldwide. Each year it highlights a special theme,

This Global Employment Trends report for 2013 is a special edition, warranted by the resurgence of the crisis in 2012. The year 2011 saw a tapering off of the recovery, followed by a dip in both grow

In its report on the “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012” issued in May 2012, the ILO examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated st

The global youth unemployment rate, estimated at 12.6 per cent in 2013, is close to its crisis peak. As many as 73 million young people are estimated to be unemployed in 2013. At the same time, info

Looks at historical cases from countries that have gone through oil supply depletion as a best available analytical strategy to understand what will happen if the global depletion predictions are rig