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Worker shortages and skills mismatches will hit growth

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INT

High youth unemployment and rising worker retirements are straining labour markets and productivity

Little scope for much-needed rise in budget spending

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INT

High demands on increasingly strained public budgets are fuelling fiscal sustainability fears and bond market sell-offs

The looming pensions crisis requires policy attention

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INT

Straining pension systems, 25% of people in high-income nations will be aged 65 or more by 2040, twice the share in 2000

Ever-rising Turkish population needs fast GDP growth

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TURKEY

Turkey’s population has trebled in 60 years but the rise in its labour force is partly driven by more women taking jobs

Coal sector symbolism will shape US energy policy

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UNITED STATES

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end his predecessor's 'war on coal' despite the industry's structural decline

African population boom will require inclusive growth

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AFRICA

African countries will need higher, consistent economic growth to transform their economies