- Front
cover
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Explanatory
notes
- Abbreviations
I. Asia-Pacific region: key developments and prospects
The global setting and implications
for Asia-Pacific Developed countries
Recent trends in international trade
Commodities
Foreign direct investment flows
Financial market developments
Developments, prospects and
policy issues in Asia and the Pacific
Developing economies in the subregion
Developed countries of the region
Near-term policy issues for the region
Longer-term development policy issues for the region
II. Macroeconomic
performance, issues and policies
Developing
economies of the ESCAP region
-
East and North-East Asia
- North
and Central Asia
- Pacific
island economies
- South
and South-West Asia
- South-East
Asia
Developed countries of the region
Australia,
Japan and New Zealand
- III.
Dynamics of population ageing: how can Asia and the Pacific
respond?
Introduction
Population dynamics
Determinants of population ageing
Decline in mortality
Decline in the fertility rate
Scale and speed of ageing
Ageing of the older population
Is ageing a gender issue?
Implications
of population ageing
Fiscal implications
Public pensions
Health care
Implications for the labour market
Savings and investment
Public debt
Impact on capital markets
Economic growth
Care of older persons
Poverty, isolation and discrimination
Policy
responses
Pension reforms
Increasing efficiency in the health-care sector
Healthy ageing
Health insurance
Institutional arrangements for care of the elderly
Promotion of familial care of the elderly
Market reforms
Labour market reforms
Migration policy
Population policy
Fiscal policy
Role of the private sector
Conclusion
Special
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Microfinance
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