Devex: Yes, there's a youth bulge, but the global south is also getting older

Henry Mbene in Nigeria receives food and health checks from NGOs. Luisa Pelamo in Argentina keeps active by volunteering in a local community center. An NGO taught Chandra Devi Kafle in Nepal how to use a mobile phone.

These people all have different lives in different environments, but upon reaching an older age, each of them has experienced life-changing challenges requiring additional support.

While development practitioners have given the so-called youth bulge much attention in recent years, particularly in Africa, less notice has been paid to the impact of improved global life expectancy...

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