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The Age of Democracy (Part II)

The Age of Democracy (Part II)

In Part I of this blog I set the scene for the challenges ahead as societies continue to travel along the demographic highway. In this second installment I look at the novel solutions trying to add color to a greying democracy. In a letter to the The Economist in January 2011, Reiko Aoki, Director of […]

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The Age of Democracy (Part I)

The Age of Democracy (Part I)

Whilst ‘growing up’ is admirable and desirable, ‘getting old’ is often framed in a more negative light. What words come to mind when you think about the elderly? Frailty, weakness, health problems? A burden to society? Or rather politically engaged, motivated and experienced? It is now these latter qualities that are a cause for concern […]

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The Dragon's Demographic Challenge: How Fast Can China Grow?

The Dragon's Demographic Challenge: How Fast Can China Grow?

I recently came across an interesting paper at Brookings by Wang Feng,  The Future of a Demographic Overachiever: Long-Term Implications of the Demographic Transition in China.  The title of the paper is self-explanatory as to the subject.  Through his research,  Wang found a consistent continual demographic decline in China.  This is not necessarily news, but […]

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The World’s Youngest Poor Country

India desperately needs to enact momentous labor and educational reforms in order to capitalize on its demographic dividend and secure its economic future. Whether the country’s political class can muster the requisite will to do so, however, is a perilously open question.

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