Tag
demographics
The Risks of Japan’s Aging Democracy
By Xiaochen Su
Too Old to Fight? Will Demographic Shifts Alter Asia’s Geostrategic Landscape?
By Robert Farley
Can Asia Escape the Malthusian Trap?
By David Vallance
Why Pakistan's Long-Awaited National Census Matters
By Umair Jamal
Is India Considering Allowing Sex-Tests for Fetuses to Counter Sex-Selective Abortions?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Could Migrants Rescue Aging Asia?
By Anthony Fensom
Urbanization and Migration in Developing Asia
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada
Central Asia: Neither Forever Young Nor Getting Much Older
By Catherine Putz
Asia’s Complacency Trap
By Anthony Fensom
Asia’s Faltering ‘Womenomics’
By Anthony Fensom
East Asia’s Future: Extinction?
By Anthony Fensom
Interview: Naoyuki Yoshino
By Clint Richards
Demographic Shifts and South Korea’s Conscript Shootings
By Yong Kwon
Demographics, Technology and Defense in South Korea
By Andrew Kwon
Asian Immigration Drives US Population Growth
Asians were the fastest growing ethnic group in the US in 2012, with 60 percent of the growth due to immigration.
Can Pakistan Avert Demographic Doom?
By Michael Kugelman
Poverty and Old Age in China
A new poll finds that nearly a quarter of people over the age of 60 in China live below the poverty line.
Asia's Rising Economic Star: The Philippines?
As the IMF cut its growth forecasts for China, Taiwan, India, and others one nation continues to impress.
The Promise and Peril of India’s Youth Bulge
“…in order to accommodate the 300 million people that will join India’s workforce between 2010 and 2040, India needs to create roughly 10 million jobs a year.”
How Demography Is Changing Japan
“The increasingly inverted structure of Japan’s population pyramid, with fewer young people than old people, means that it will be very difficult to generate the tax revenues necessary to pay for the healthcare needs of the elderly. “
China's People Problem
China’s working age population is declining. So will the overall population by perhaps 2020. Is it time to end the old-child policy?
Japan's Demographic Disaster
Japan is faced with an unprecedented population challenge that will have social, economic, and political consequences for years to come.
Japan's Economic Stimulus Plan
Abe has moved quickly in passing measures to grow Japan’s economy. Can he turn things around?
Asia's Public and Private Gender Gap
Women only occupy a small percentage of high-profile government and boardroom posts.