Ageing Asia: A New Challenge for the Region (workshop)
Agenda

Registration

Opening Remarks MASAHIRO KAWAI, Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute

Session I: The Impact of Ageing on Asian Development

Chair:  IFZAL ALI, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank

Speaker: DAVID CANNING, Professor of Economics and International Health, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard University  

• Presentation: [PDF 193KB | 29 pages]
• Paper: [PDF 326.5KB | 40 pages]

Discussant:  EIJI TAJIKA, Professor, Public Economics Program, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University

• Presentation: [PDF 232.8KB | 14 pages]

Open Discussion

Session II: Ageing, Saving, and Fiscal Policy

Chair:  DOUGLAS BROOKS, Acting Research Director, Asian Development Bank Institute

Speaker: CHARLES YUJI HORIOKA, Professor of Economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University

• Presentation: [PDF 158.6KB | 52 pages]
• Paper: [PDF 190.7KB | 20 pages]

Discussant: NAOHIRO YASHIRO, Professor of Economics, International Christian University

• Presentation: [PDF 114.9KB | 10 pages]

Open Discussion

Session III: Cross-Border Movements of Goods and Capital Caused by National Differences in Population Ageing

Chair:  EIJI TAJIKA, Professor, Public Economics Program, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University

Speaker: RALPH C. BRYANT,   Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

• Presentation: [PDF 1.7MB | 50 pages]
• Paper: [PDF 663.2KB | 47 pages]

Discussant:  TAKASHI KIHARA, Professor of Economics, Kyushu University

• Presentation: [PDF 391.2KB | 16 pages]

Open Discussion

Session IV: Economic Challenges of Ageing in East Asia: Prospects of Regional Cooperation

Chair:  TAKASHI KIHARA , Professor of Economics, Kyushu University

Speaker: MASAHIRO KAWAI, Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute

• Presentation: [PDF 456.2KB | 43 pages]
• Paper: [PDF 169.1KB | 14 pages]

Discussant:  YOSHIHISA UEDA, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency

• Presentation: [PDF 106.2KB | 7 pages]

Open Discussion

Closing Remarks HARUHIKO KURODA, President of the Asian Development Bank

Reception (ADBI Lobby) (All the seminar's participants are invited)