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Aging China : the demographic challenge to China's economic prospects / Robert Stowe England ; foreword by Pieter Bottelier.
Van Pelt Library HQ1064.C6 E54 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- England, Robert Stowe.
- Series:
- Washington papers ; 182.
- The Washington papers ; 182
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Government policy--China.
- Older people.
- Age distribution (Demography)--Economic aspects--China.
- Age distribution (Demography).
- Population.
- Age distribution (Demography)--Economic aspects.
- Older people--Government policy.
- China--Population--Economic aspects.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger ; Washington, D.C. : Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005.
- Summary:
- China, the world's most populous nation, faces a period of rapid aging that will outpace the aging of most of the world's populations. Between 2010 and 2040, the proportion of people aged 65 and older will rise from 7 percent to 25 percent. This grand demographic change poses difficult questions about how to provide and sustain an adequate retirement income and a minimum level of health care for the elderly, who will number more than 332 million in 2050. The Chinese government faces enormous challenges as it tries to steer the rapidly aging nation toward a market economy and orderly integration into the global economy. Robert England assesses the factors driving China's transitions and examines the financial burdens weighing on the government. He reviews the wider social, political, and economic effects of aging and concludes that, over the long term, demographics will probably affect China's economic development and reform efforts-and its role on the global stage-more than any other factor.
- Contents:
- Demography shapes the society
- China's economy and aging society
- China's social service programs
- An aging China in a global economy.
- Notes:
- "Published with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-127) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275986837
- 0275986845
- OCLC:
- 56904407
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