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Emerging markets growing old faster than growing rich

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INT

Emerging markets are ageing at lower incomes than advanced markets, a policy challenge that will influence GDP prospects

Population trends pose development challenges

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INT

Just 2% of global population gain in 2016-40 will be in advanced countries; 56% will be in Africa and the Middle East

Pandemic response threatens climate funding shortfall

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INT

Low- and middle-income states must spend more than 1% of GDP a year on environmental protection but budgets may narrow

African states will monopolise list of least developed

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AFRICA

Least developed countries (LDCs) share common traits but also show gradations among development indicators

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

High food and metals prices will outlast the conflict

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INT

Russia accounts for 1.7% of world GDP but a sizeable share of supplies of fertiliser, fuels and some foods and metals

Policy is key to curbing the forces driving inequality

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INT

The rich are getting richer globally but policies fostering redistribution, diversification and growth can check this

Africa’s development may hinge on investment in people

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AFRICA

Rapid population growth is challenging African nations to create jobs for their swelling working-age populations

Warsaw will continue outstripping other Polish regions

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POLAND

The region around Warsaw is a post-transition success story but every other region in Poland lags the EU average