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This paper presents a new methodological approach aimed at measuring progress towards sustainable agriculture in countries and across agri-food systems typologies, by measuring socio-economic and environmental dimensions...

The Covid-19 pandemic has reminded us that our welfare, employment and health systems rest on a delicate demographic balance, highlighting the need for a better understanding of demographic dynamics...

Source: Eurostat, Population structure and ageing, 2019

source: UNFPA World Population Dashboard

Questions for discussion include:  What unresolved questions do policymakers face in their everyday work?  What key evidence-based insights can existing...

Source: Shifting tides: Global economic scenarios for 2015–25, McKinsey Global Growth Model, April 2015

The European middle class has been eroding in the past decade, due to the economic turmoil as well changing work conditions and further increases of unemployment, especially among...

The growing purchasing power of the middle classes in the newly industrialised countries creates opportunities for the consumer goods industry, health services, infrastructure and education.

Worldwide The global middle class is expected to grow and reach 5.5 billion by 2030. Some 87% of the additional middle class population will be Asians. Developing...