How to help an ageing population stay wealthy for longer

Jan 26, 2021

A group of elderly people practice exercise with social distancing in the bandstand of Albert 1er public garden in Nice as France softens its strict lockdown rules during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard - RC2MNG985R7O

Healthy ageing populations can be productive well into their eighties. Image: REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

Alyaa AlMulla

Head, National Happiness Strategy and Policy, Office of the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates

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