The Age of Work

The women’s labor force participation rate in India is 32%. After seeing how little opportunity women had to earn money, one Mumbai woman started a company to empower women economically.

To make the most of its huge working age population, India needs to develop its workforce at all levels — whether that’s at a visual effects company, or at night schools.

The median age in India is 29 years old — 10 years younger than in the United States. But despite its youth and high growth, the country’s economy faces hurdles.

Kai Ryssdal comes back to tell us about his trip to Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s young and increasingly tech-savvy workers are helping transform the country’s economy.

As the populations of the U.S. and other wealthy countries get older, companies are looking in places like Vietnam for younger workers.

American consumption helps drive the global economy. The workers powering it are halfway across the world.

In Vietnam, there are two working-age adults for every person over 65 or under 15.

In this community, Vietnamese Americans are forging new ties between the United States and Vietnam.

One University of Greenwich employee called a Teams meeting to share how menopause was affecting her work — leading to change across the university.