According to the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimated 1.28 billion adults aged 30 to 79 years worldwide have hypertension, most (or two-thirds) are living in low- and middle-income countries.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/05/25/pinoys-told-to-take-charge-of-their-health-know-blood-pressure-numbers/

And the interesting thing is that even today, if you're a middle-income couple retiring today under Social Security, you are slated to receive somewhere upward of 30 percent more in benefits than you paid in taxes.

Source: https://www.city-journal.org/reforming-social-security

And we have to be making the case that we are not a middle-income country, because we have, while our GDP is fairly high compared to other countries it’s only 400,000 of us but we are in a big country.

Source: https://www.lovefm.com/belize-secures-access-to-korean-economic-development-fund-at-favorable-terms/

And while the pandemic was good for some people financially — wages grew for low- and middle-income earners at historically high rates — it created some serious headwinds for others.

Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-restarting-student-loan-payments-could-change-millions-of-lives-and-the-economy/

Arab middle-income countries (MICs) are expected to grow by around 3.6 per cent this year and next, respectively, from 4.3 per cent last year, as most face higher energy and commodity prices and depreciation of their national currencies.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/arab-economies-will-continue-to-expand-in-2023-2024-un-report/

At the same time, the study found that the share of employment potentially affected by automation was more than twice as high for women as for men, due to women's overrepresentation in clerical work, especially in high- and middle-income countries.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/most-jobs-likely-to-be-complemented-rather-than-substituted-by-ai-un-4317506

But many initiatives from IndiaтАЩs own Tata Memorial Centre are providing solutions to challenges in India and beyond to high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/cancer-cases-are-growing-indias-health-agenda-cant-ignore-that-9024781/

California has a new middle-income housing law.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/nation/story/2023-11-02/anthony-albanese-soon-will-be-the-first-australian-prime-minister-in-7-years-to-visit-china

Faulkingham of a tax promise that Republicans were seeking, which would have set aside at least $200 million to cut taxes in a way that would primarily benefit low- and middle-income Mainers.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/03/24/politics/maine-democrats-budget-talks-break-down/

However, Angela Constance said that the government had a responsibility to give low and middle-income earners “certainty” during the cost of living crisis.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23871606.snp-split-council-tax-freeze-ex-health-secretary-hits/?ref=rss

“In the Covid-19 pandemic, those of us in low and middle-income countries were pushed to the back of the line for vaccines and denied access to the benefits of new technologies.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/covid-deaths-world-leaders-say-never-again-to-vaccine-inequality/

Lending to low- and middle-income countries is just part of its role.

Source: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/can-former-ceo-fix-world-bank-and-solve-world%E2%80%99s-climate-finance-and-debt%C2%A0crises

More volunteers are needed throughout Maine to prepare tax returns for older, and lower- and middle-income Maine residents.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/11/20/aarp-foundation-tax-aide-team-seeks-volunteers/

Of these deaths, 97 per cent occur in low or middle-income countries, he says.

Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2356151-the-first-ever-vaccine-against-rsv-could-be-approved-in-2023/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

On the contrary, middle-income countries with a strong manufacturing base experience sustainable economic growth.

Source: https://punchng.com/how-nigeria-can-break-from-poverty-trap/

Outreach to the so-called “Global South”, shorthand for some low- and middle-income countries including India, has been a focus at this year’s Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/05/20/at-g7-japan-and/

Proposition 123 supports the development of low-and middle-income, multi-family units through land banking, concessionary debt and equity financing for affordable housing development.

Source: https://pagosadailypost.com/2023/07/12/former-san-miguel-county-commissioner-to-head-up-new-innovative-housing-programs/

Republicans want to send the surplus back to taxpayers in the form of income tax cuts focused towards lower and middle-income taxpayers.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/05/07/jim-fossel-legislature-should-set-aside-differences-to-help-local-government/

Scott cited cost concerns, particularly for low- and middle-income Vermonters, along with a lack of workforce to implement the new program and challenges associated with building out the grid to handle an increase in electrical demand.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/03/01/final-reading-a-lawmakers-quest-to-legalize-funeral-pyres/

Some of the bills that have passed the Legislature, and some that are pending, are aimed at creating more middle-income housing, largely through density bonuses.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/columnists/story/2023-07-09/michael-smolens-even-a-small-housing-bill-is-subject-to-familiar-big-disputes