... of a deep understanding of the current relationship between demographic ageing, the labour market and economic globalisation, the policy aspirations of government face the prospect of limited success. The currently popular premise, that ageing populations go hand‐in‐hand with ageing workforces, appears...

...Philippe Durance; Michel Godet Purpose The paper aims to query the value of strategies implemented, notably in France, and to demonstrate the largely ignored link between demographics and economics. Design/methodology/approach The paper achieves its objective by comparing...

...Michel Godet; Philippe Durance Purpose This paper aims to explore the links between demographics and economics and to show how European institutions (like the European Commission) and European policies are slowly but surely taking into account these fundamental relations. Design...

.../value The article appeals to local “actors” to look toward the future together in a participatory, proactive process within regional and broader European frameworks. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Regional development Demographics Governance Strategic planning France...

...Ozcan Saritas; Michael Keenan Despite differences in political approaches and institutional frameworks, health and social services in all European Union (EU) Member States face similar challenges, notably the need to adjust to demographic ageing and to changing employment and family patterns...

... to be happy and in the pink of health as those whose parents lovingly watched them graduate from high school. Community planning Resource allocation Social economics Australia Social policy Demographics The late fourteenth century was a disastrous time for Europe. Successive waves of the Black...

... Demographics The goal of a “society for all ages” cannot be reached without understanding the influence of attitudes and values across the generations, including the attitudes and values of older people, baby boomers and people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. It is also...

... towards the preferred image. Both are interlinked by the reality of an ageing global population – a demographic driver that is shaping the city of tomorrow. This preferred image however is not inevitable; I argue that memetic change of Western society’s episteme of ageing is fundamental to achieving...

... of women of the baby boom generation? What policies should be developed and implemented to address population ageing? © MCB UP Limited 2003 Social policy Women Working practices Demographics The experience of rapid and radical change in the world around us is shaping our aspirations...

... in the adult population will rise steeply in the next 30 years. A recent article in The Economist said: © MCB UP Limited 2002 Demographics Older people Population Welfare We are told that bulge babies – like me – are a problem. Because of us, the state pension system as we...

... prepare students for the new tasks, challenges and opportunities they will encounter, while still having to cope with the constraints and contradictions affecting how they operate today. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Online computing Education Demographics Camford foresight/ vol.02, no.05, oct.00...

...Graham T.T. Molitor Hi‐tech communications transform the market‐place, demographics alter consumer demands, global and regional developments recast world dynamics. The USA is enjoying a “Goldilocks economy” – neither too hot, nor too cold – and global trade has tripled over the past twenty years...