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in Privy Council Office and the Department of Finance, giving him political science with a focus on international political policy-making experience at the highest level, in particular in the economy and is full professor and associate areas of trade policy, international finance and macroeconomics. [...] 15 Economic Growth and Fiscal Health Projections 16 Economic growth and fiscal capacity will be crucial to the ability of countries to manage medium-term challenges • Economic and fiscal capacity will condition the ability of countries to manage both: - domestic issues such as aging and socioeconomic inequality; and - international challenges such as climate change, food security, and global peace. [...] 32 The Key Role of Technology 33 The significance of innovation and technology • Innovation and technology are key variables for future economic growth in all scenarios. [...] 34 Intangibles and the data-driven economy • The technological innovation of the Proportion of tangible and intangible assets in the market value of the twenty-first century has been forming a S&P 500, % data-driven economy with the 100 momentum to revolutionize the labour market. [...] 40 Key Challenges 41 There are many challenges and variables to consider Beyond the focus on demographics, economics and technology taken here, we briefly look at a range of key challenges that could have a significant impact on the indicators we analyze and acknowledge their importance: • environmental change and climate change; • inequality within and between countries; and • democracy and gover.