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Preparing for the Challenges of Population Aging in Asia: Strengthening the Scientific Basis of Policy Development II http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12977.html a WinDoW of oPPortunitY i n many countries in asia, rapid population aging is occur ring at the same time as dramatic economic and social developments are transforming much of the con tinent. Worldwide economic restructuring and the growing interdependence of countries and regions around the world have created a new international economic order, one where the rates of growth of industrial production in asia surpass those in all other regions.
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Preparing for the Challenges of Population Aging in Asia: Strengthening the Scientific Basis of Policy Development http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12977.html family support systems will be stressed both by increasing mobility, as more and more young people move from rural areas to cities or foreign destinations, and by the changing ratio of the elderly to the young. By historical standards, the demo graphic transformations are taking place in asia at a rapid pace.
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Preparing for the Challenges of Population Aging in Asia: Strengthening the Scientific Basis of Policy Development http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12977.html challenges ahead, new data will need to be collected, new research programs designed and undertaken, and greater resources devoted to research that relates to the older population. asia is an extraordinarily vast and hetero geneous region whose countries span the spectrum of wealth, economic develop ment, and urbanization.
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