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OverviewPopulation aging is perhaps the single biggest economic and social obstacle confronting Asia's future. The region-wide demographic transition towards an older population is fundamentally reshaping the demographic landscape, and is giving rise to two key socio-economic challenges. This timely book provides an in-depth analysis of these challenges and presents concrete 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 must find ways to deliver affordable, adequate, and sustainable old-age economic security for its growing elderly population. Underpinned by rigorous analysis, a wide range of concrete policy options for sustaining economic growth while delivering economic security for the elderly are then presented. These include Asia-wide policy options - relevant to the entire region - such as building up strong national pension systems, while other policy options are more relevant to sub-groups of countries. This stimulating and informative book will be of great interest to academics, students, and researchers with an interest in Asian studies, economics generally, and, more specifically, public sector economics. Contributors: Q. Chen, K. Eggleston, G. Estrada, L. Ladusingh, M.S. Lai, S.-H. Lee, L. Li, A. Mason, R. Matsukura, M.R. Narayana, N. Ogawa, D. Park, A. Ramayandi, K. Shin, A.-C. Tung Full Product DetailsAuthor: Donghyun Park , Sang-Hyop Lee , Andrew MasonPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.604kg ISBN: 9781781952306ISBN 10: 1781952302 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 31 October 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews'This book offers very useful and rich analyses and data on past and projected demographic and economic developments in Asian countries and discusses also Asian specificities such as the continued high-level of co-habitation of the elderly and its implications. Thus the book, together with two 2011 publications on pen-sions systems and old-age income support by the ADB, offers a comprehensive insight into aging related institutions, economic and social issues and possible solutions in Asia.' -- Robert Holzmann, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance Author InformationEdited by Donghyun Park, Principal Economist, Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Philippines, Sang-Hyop Lee, Senior Fellow, East-West Center and Professor, Department of Economics University of Hawaii at Manoa, US and Andrew Mason, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa and Adjunct Senior Fellow, East-West Center, Hawaii, US Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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