Baby Bust and Boomers: The new demographics

A Festival of Economics panel on how falling birth rates and ageing populations in countries like the UK contrast with young, growing populations in Africa and India.

This hour-long panel discussion, part of the Festival of Economics, examines global demographic change. Countries such as the UK face falling birth rates and rising life expectancy, while populations in Africa and India continue to grow, raising questions about what it means when some countries rapidly age while others stay young. Chaired by Tom Clark of the Resolution Foundation, the panel brings together James Banks, Jane Falkingham, David Miles and Joe Studwell, whose expertise spans the economics of ageing, demography, public finance and development.