Development and
Cooperation

All monthly issues

Volkswirtschaftliche Entwicklung

India currently has comparatively few very young and very old persons: an infant and an old man from a rural community in Rajasthan

Societal Ageing

Turning grey

by
by S. S. Sripriya
by S. Siva Raju
Nepal is one of the countries in which the birth rate is below the replacement level.

Population trends

Demographic transition

by
by Alisa Kaps
Japan’s population is oldest in the world.

Population trends

More and more, older and older

by
by Alisa Kaps
A woman washing her hands before entering a bus ticket office in Kigali, Rwanda.

Covid-19

African responses

by
by Hans-Joachim Preuss
Stylised image of the novel coronoa virus.

Blog

Two-pronged global crisis

by
by Hans Dembowski
Life expectancy in Africa has risen thanks to improved health care: mass vaccination in Ethiopia.

Demographic dividend

Demographic change as a driver of economic growth

by
by Samir Abi
In Rwanda, as elsewhere in Africa, lots of children are seen as a sign of prosperity.

Population growth

Global challenge

by
by Samir Abi
Ethiopia needs better infrastructure: rural women often walk kilometres to fetch water.

Development finance

Untapped potential

by
by Mira Enders
In Okakarara, Namibia, young Ovaherero recall German colonial crimes.

Analysis

End colonial amnesia

by
by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Subscribe to Volkswirtschaftliche Entwicklung