By Dorothy Neufeld America’s population is aging, but the trend looks very different from one state to the next. Using the latest U.S. Census Bureau data via USAFacts, this map shows the share of residents aged 65 and older in every state. These differences have growing implications for healthcare, housing, public services, and the workforce. […]

By Melis Guven  The coverage of pension systems in the Africa region is limited to the small segment of the population in the formal sector. Coverage is thin partly because traditional contributory pension schemes are not responding to the needs of the informal sector. As a result, a large share of the region’s adult population […]

By Janet Helm  When you think about malnutrition, you may picture famine or starving children in developing countries. But in the United States and across the globe, malnutrition among older adults is a quiet epidemic hiding in plain sight. A comprehensive meta-analysis of 98 studies found that about one in five older adults worldwide is […]

Americans have forgotten about a staggering $2.1 trillion in retirement savings, representing roughly 31.9 million lost 401(k) accounts. That huge number represents a nearly 30% surge in stranded 401(k) assets since 2023 — or accounts that have no employees attached to them based on the Department of Labor’s Form 5500 database. This amount has nearly […]

People around the world are living longer than ever before but spending more of those additional years in poor health, according to a new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published in The Lancet Public Health. Researchers found that the global morbidity gap widened in almost all countries and territories analyzed between 1990 and 2023. […]

Germany’s statutory pension insurance is essentially its version of Social Security, designed to protect German citizens in old age and provide disability and survivors’ benefits. As in the U.S., Germany’s retirement system is under heavy long-term financial pressure and grappling with how to reform it. That’s why the country’s pensions commission recently presented recommendations for […]

Beneath the business towers of Tokyo’s Otemachi district, a test is taking place to see whether artificial intelligence can help solve one of Japan’s biggest economic challenges: a shrinking workforce. Deep underground, Marunouchi Heat Supply Company operates a 30km (18.6-mile) network of heating and cooling pipelines serving offices, commercial buildings and transport facilities in one […]