Population aging is perhaps the single biggest economic and social obstacle confronting Asia's future. The region …

Population aging is perhaps the single biggest economic and social obstacle confronting Asia’s future. The region … policy options for tackling them. -- First, the expert contributors argue, Asia must find ways to sustain rapid economic … growth in the face of less favorable demographics, which implies slower growth of the workforce. Second, they contend, Asia …

developing Asia up to 2050. Using a simple stylized model and the National Transfer Accounts data set, we simulate the effect of … still-growing working-age populations. Overall, our simulation results indicate that Asia's population aging will adversely …

Old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East and … Southeast Asia where the population is aging. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of pension systems in …

Population aging is a global phenomenon but what sets Asia apart is the sheer scale and speed of its aging. Pension …

Asia as a whole is experiencing a rapid demographic transition toward older populations, though different countries are … at different stages of this region-wide trend. We document Asia's aging population, describe the region's old-age support … addressing these two challenges will be vital for ensuring Asia's continued economic success in the medium and long term. …

The demographic dividend that contributed substantially to economic growth in developing Asia in the past is …