Population and development beyond the first demographic transition: a focus on the experience of east and southeast Asian countries

This paper covers a wide scope, focusing on some trends in East and Southeast Asia that may be of interest to Latin America.The first demographic transition has essentially been completed in both regions.The issue is what should now be the focus of our consideration of population and development? East Asian countries are now stressing issues of ult

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Efficient Contact Tracing for pandemics using blockchain

Blockchain technologies have been benefiting many industries by being decentralized, secure and confidential.They offer great potential in pandemic impacted scenarios as well.Contact tracing helps to mitigate the transmission of disease by alerting people who may have been exposed so they can act on time to protect themselves.Contact tracing system

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