Reimagining Growth

Demographics, What Next?

January 21, 2025
08:00–08:30 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

We cannot understand the world without understanding demographic change. The dramatic reduction in fertility rates has led demographers to revise their projections, now expecting population to peak well within this century. What will this demographic shift mean for economies and societies?

Speakers

NF
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Stanford University
MA
Masood Ahmed
President Emeritus
Center for Global Development

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