As for prices, the year-on-year rate of change in the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for all items, which had once been negative, has recently recovered to a slight positive, and concerns about deflation have been alleviating.
In developing countries challenges are even greater as access to basic-level schooling remains an issue for a sizeable share of the population: action will have to be taken to carefully balance equal access to and completion of lower-secondary education with further learning both for school-age children and for adults.