World Bank2024-12-182024-12-182024-12-18https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42559Recognizing that this agenda spans virtually all of the World Bank’s policy areas, this brief focuses on policies under the purview of the World Bank’s Social Protection and Jobs (SPJ) agenda, especially those related to employment and skills development. Within the Bank, the productive longevity agenda is nascent. Although L/MICs are experiencing significant and rapid demographic changes, albeit at different stages, the policy agenda is still largely being shaped in high-income countries (HICs) and the evidence base for L/MICs is thin. The brief outlines implications for the SPJ agenda, both in terms of closing the diagnostics and evidence gap and mainstreaming aging in operational work.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGODECENT WORKPARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALSWORLD BANK GROUP OPERATIONSECONOMIC GROWTHWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/42559