Documents & Reports
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The Healthy Longevity Initiative: Key Insights for Policy and Action (English)
The global demographic landscape is at a crossroads, with rapid declines in fertility and aging populations holding profound implications for employment, social services, and wellbeing. Population aging...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 193500 Document Date: September 27, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sameera Maziad Al Tuwaijri,Jha, Prabhat,Alleyne,George,Isenman, Paul,Saadat, Seemeen,Garcia, Gisela,Jeremy Veillard
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Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (Overview) (English)
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the major health and development challenges of our time. Every year, about 41 million people die due to NCDs. This makes up about 74 percent of all deaths globally...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 193504 Document Date: September 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jha, Prabhat,Alleyne,George,Isenman, Paul,Seemeen Saadat,Jeremy Veillard,Sameera Maziad Al Tuwaijri
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Poverty, human development and growth : an emerging consensus? (English)
This paper considers several issues relevant to the debate on the extent to which poverty, or development progress in general, should be measured by income or by a broader set of objectives. Issues covered...
Document Type: Human Capital Working Paper Report No.: 13447 Document Date: August 31, 1994 Author: Aturupane, Harsha,Glewwe, Paul,Isenman, Paul