Browsing East-West Center by Subject "Age distribution (Demography) - Asia"

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A comparative history of age-structure and social transitions among Asian youth

Xenos, Peter; Kabamalan, Midea (Honolulu: East-West Center, 2002)

The youth expansion or youth bulge is an important political and policy issue in Asia as in other regions of the world, but the phenomenon is subject to a good deal of misunderstanding and misplaced emphasis. Taking the ...
Population aging raises questions for policymakers

Lee, Sang-Hyop; Mason, Andrew (Honolulu: East-West Center, 2000)

All across Asia, populations age 65 and above are expected to grow rapidly over the next 50 years, both in terms of absolute numbers and as a proportion of Asian populations as a whole. Within the elderly population, the ...