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Ageing in Asia and the Pacific: Emerging Issues and Successful Practices
Social Policy Paper No. 10, 2002
ST/ESCAP/2235

The publication aims to address major policy implications of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific and review successful cases in developing national policies and programmes on ageing. The publication is divided into four parts. Part one discusses the social and economic consequences and policy implications of ageing in Asia and the Pacific. Part two presents the approach followed by the Government of Australia in developing the national policy and strategy in meeting the challenges of ageing. Part
three examines the case study of HelpAge India in providing support to older persons in emergencies while the last part, Part four presents the case study of the Tsao Foundation in Singapore in developing an integrated system of community-based care for older
persons.

The publication has been issued by the Emerging Social Issues Division of the UNESCAP secretariat. The financial support of the Government of Macao, China towards the preparation of Part one of this publication is hereby gratefully acknowledged.