Documents et rapports
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Participation in Pension Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (anglais)
Low- and middle-income countries are aging rapidly but stagnation of growth in participation in pension programs, due to widespread informal employment, presents a major fiscal challenge. Some claim that...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11105 Date du document: 24 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Giles, John T.,Joubert, Clement,Tanaka,Tomoaki
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Understanding Income Security for Older Adults - Rethink Social Protection and Jobs in an Actively Aging World (anglais)
The note first discusses the main pillars of financial security at older ages before focusing on the status of contributory and noncontributory (or social) pension systems in developing countries. It highlights...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 195449 Date du document: 9 décembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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The Healthy Longevity Initiative: Key Insights for Policy and Action (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193500 Date du document: 27 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Al Tuwaijri, Sameera Maziad,Jha, Prabhat,Alleyne,George,Isenman, Paul,Saadat, Seemeen,Garcia, Gisela,Veillard, Jeremy
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Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Demographic Change, Non-communicable Diseases, and Human Capital (Main Report) (anglais)
The World Bank has a long history of engaging in population issues, ranging from childhood illness, nutrition, fertility, and safe motherhood to the aging process. It supports countries in addressing the...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193428 Date du document: 12 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Gender Gaps in Health and Well-being of Older Adults: A Review of the Burden of Non-communicable Diseases and Barriers to Healthcare for Women and Men (Chapter 8) in Compendium of Research for Healthy Longevity (anglais)
Women and men experience aging differently. Evidence from across the globe suggests that aging is not “gender-neutral”, but rather “gender-imbalanced”. Along with physical and physiological differences...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193512 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Saadat, Seemeen,Boudjadja, Meriem,Al Tuwaijri, Sameera Maziad
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Taxation of Harmful Products, Including Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs), and Related Topics (Chapter 7) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
Even as human beings are living longer and generally healthier lives, consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and processed foods with high sugar content are causing substantial death and disease. In recent decades...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193511 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Paraje, Guillermo,Jha, Prabhat,Savedoff, William,Fuchs, Alan
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Demand for and Supply of Longterm Care for Older Persons in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Chapter 11) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
In virtually all countries across the world, the population is aging, and consequently, both the number and proportion of older people are growing. Notably, the aging process is accelerating at a more...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193515 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Glinskaya, Elena,Hou, Xiaohui,Feng, Zhanlian,Angrisani, Marco,Suarez, Guadalupe,Sharma, Jigyasa,Phillips, Drystan,Wilkens, Jenny,Lee, Jinkook,Yoo, Yeeun Lee,Lau, Samuel,Park, Hae Yeun,Chen, Yizhou
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Priority Setting for NCD Control and Health System Investments (Chapter 15) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
As underscored in several background papers developed for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (HLI) Commission, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represent a major and growing threat to the health of the world’s...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193520 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Watkins, David,Ahmed, Sali,Pickersgill, Sarah
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Behavioral Aspects of Healthy Longevity (Chapter 6) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
Poor health in old age comes at a high cost for individuals, households, and societies. Increases in life expectancy across countries have not always added years of healthy life. Accordingly, health promotion...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193510 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rojas Mendez, Ana Maria,Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria,Moscoe, Ellen,Jamison, Julian,Herl, Carlos Riumallo
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Health and Long-Term Care Needs in a Context of Rapid Population Aging (Chapter 10) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
Population aging is a global phenomenon: people all over the world are living longer. Undoubtedly, this is good news. Extended longevity reflects the social and economic progress of societies; it is the...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193514 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Araújo, Natalia Aranco,Garcia, Gisela M.
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Productive Longevity : What Can Work in Low- and Middle-income Countries? (Chapter 13) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
The world’s population is aging at a dramatic speed, raising concerns for how to maintain income and productivity growth, improve the welfare of older people, and help them contribute to society. By 2050...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193518 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Johansson de Silva, Sara,Santos, Indhira Vanessa
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Gendered Responsibilities, Elderly Care, and Labor Supply : Evidence from Four Middle-income Countries (Chapter 9) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
The world’s population is aging. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that, in 2030, 1 in 6 persons worldwide will be aged 60 years or over. This study explores the relationship between providing...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193513 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gatti, Roberta,Halim, Daniel,Hardiman, Allen,Sun, Shuqiao
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Exploring the Labour Market Outcomes of the Risk Factors for Non-communicable Diseases : A Systematic Review (Chapter 12) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
Globally, 41 million people die from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) every year (World Health Organization 2022a). This accounts for approximately 74 percent of all deaths (World Health Organization 2022a)...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193516 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chakraborty, Debapriya,Wu, Daphne,Jha, Prabhat
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Healthy Longevity Initiative : A Performance Dashboard for Decision-Making in Low- and Middle- Income Countries (Chapter 17) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
As the global population rapidly ages, there is a pressing need for approaches to promote health, well-being, and productivity across the life course (Beard and Bloom 2015; Bloom and Sousa-Poza 2013)...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193522 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Haldane, Victoria,Garcia, Gisela M.,Bockarie, Tahir,Wu, Daphne,Herrera, Cristian A.,Castro, Maria Luisa Latorre,Chakraborty, Debapriya,Essue, Beverly,Jha, Prabhat,Veillard, Jeremy
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The Economic Value Associated with Avoidable Mortality : A Systematic Assessment by Cause of Death Across World Regions (Chapter 4) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, life expectancy at birth had been steadily increasing globally (UN 2019); and the advancements to older ages and frontiers of longevity were still regularly...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193508 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Verguet, Stéphane,Bolongaita, Sarah Ann,Chang, Angela Y.,Cardoso, Diego S.,Stevens, Gretchen A.
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Rates of Progress in Mortality Decline, 2000-2019 (Chapter 5) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
The progress in mortality reduction not only varies by age, but also over time. The mortality rates decreased notably faster for ages under 70 during 1990-2010 compared to after 2010, at least in Low middle...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193509 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Wu, Daphne C.,Chakraborty, Debapriya,Hum, Ryan,Jha, Prabhat,Jamison, Dean T.
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Control of Non-Communicable Diseases for Enhanced Human Capital : The Case for Whole-of-Society Action (Chapter 16) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (anglais)
This chapter has been prepared as background to the Healthy Longevity Initiative (HLI), under the ambit of the Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Global Practice of the World Bank Group (WBG). Under...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193521 Date du document: 1 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Govindaraj, Ramesh,Gopalan, Sundararajan Srinivasa
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The Economic Value of Avoidable Mortality (Chapter 3 – Web Appendix) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity (anglais)
Disease burden is commonly measured using a variety of health statistics, including deaths by cause, injury and disease prevalence and incidence, and disability-adjusted life years. While these metrics...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193507 Date du document: 31 août 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chang, Angela Y.,Stevens, Gretchen A.,Cardoso, Diego S.,Cao, Bochen,Jamison, Dean T.
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Assessing Human Capital, Non-communicable Diseases, and Healthy Longevity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries : Healthy Longevity Dashboard and the Case for India (Chapter 18) in Compendium of Research for Healthy Longevity (anglais)
Coordinated efforts are needed globally to emphasize the importance of healthy longevity on both health and well-being. The concept of healthy longevity describes a process of ageing that promotes human...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193523 Date du document: 31 août 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Wu, Daphne C.,Veillard, Jeremy,Haldane, Victoria,Saadat, Seemeen,Jha, Prabhat
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Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (Full Document) (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 193504 Date du document: 1 août 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jha,Prabhat,Alleyne,George,Isenman,Paul,Garcia, Gisela M.,Saadat, Seemeen,Veillard, Jeremy,Al Tuwaijri, Sameera Maziad