Aging in Asia: Trends,Impacts and Responses

Jayant Menon () and Anna Melendez-Nakamura ()
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Anna Melendez-Nakamura: Asian Development Bank, Postal: 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City, 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines

No 25, Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: By the middle of this century, Asia's elderly population is projected to reach 922.7 million, and its share of population 17.5%, from just 4.1% in 1950. Within the next few decades, Asia is poised to become the oldest region in the world; reforming policies and creating new structures and institutions to address this challenge is a huge and complex undertaking that requires a big head-start. This paper analyzes the impact that aging is having in Asia, examines the policy options for dealing with the problems it is causing, and outlines how different sub-regions may require different responses.

Keywords: Aging Asia; Asian demographic transition; Asian population trends; Asian population forecasts; aging impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J14 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2009-02-01
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