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Paperwork at a public health clinic in Mongolia.

Getting Deaths Right

A policy brief from the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is helping Asian countries capture in a more appropriate manner causes of death and disease burden.

Eduardo P. Banzon

Getting Ready for the Post-2015 SDGs: Join the E-Dialogue

The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are expected to bring a stronger focus on longer-term durability of development gains as opposed to the current approach which sees decision-making targeted at the shorter term. At present, businesses main focus is annual balance sheets; for development organizations it is annual results reporting; and for democracies there's cyclical elections. 

Anuradha Rajivan

Asia faces challenges due to an aging population and needs to adapt its policies accordingly.

Greying Asia: A Case of Increasing the Retirement Age?

The significant increase in life expectancy and decrease in fertility rates in Asia present a challenge due to the lack of support systems for the aging population. We need to address these demographic changes, including revising policies like the retirement age to better support the elderly.

Indu Bhushan