COVID-19 Documents
Lessons Note on COVID-19 and Aging Populations What Do We Know? What Can Be Expected Based on Evaluation Findings?
Published by: Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), World Bank Group
Several key messages of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluation of World Bank Support to Aging Countries acquire new resonance under the current COVID-19 pandemic. This note draws lessons on how societies can reallocate resources and rethink services to better meet the needs of their aging populations based on the emerging scientific and policy literature and the evaluation findings.
