Another of those memes that refuses to die is the ageing society as an exclusively European or western problem. Demographic change is a global phenomenon. It may be at its most advanced in Europe but the rest of the world is not far behind.
Last month, the UN released its latest population forecasts. The projections for some Asian countries show the proportion of people over 60 rising at incredible speed over the next three decades. In South East Asia, for example, Singapore,Thailand and Vietnam go from having relatively young populations at the start of the century to age profiles similar to many European countries by 2050.
This isn’t just an Asian phenomenon either. Emerging economies around the world, having industrialised at a much faster rate than the advanced economies, are experiencing the resulting social change at a much faster rate too. The UN expects demographic change in the countries it classifies as upper middle-income to speed…
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