The 16th Finance Commission shifts focus away from demography, arguing ageing alone does not weaken state finances or justify ...

The past two decades has seen remarkable advances in our understanding of the health and well-being of the older population. The workshop looked at these recent trends and set the stage for the next ...

"The Global Baby Bust," by Phillip Longman (May/June 2004), offers a new version of an old fear: the threat of population decline, which has emerged periodically throughout the past century as a major ...

Matthew C. MacWilliams is a global public opinion strategist at Foundation International Communications Hub (Comms Hub). In Europe, democracy is conceived of as a fundamental value that enjoys broad, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is professor of globalisation and development at Oxford university and the author of ‘Rescue: From ...