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Critical Questions for 2012

ian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

From international security and regional study to global challenges, CSIS experts will address many of the world's most difficult policy concerns and critical questions in 2012. To kick off the new year, we asked 25 of our scholars to identity what worries them most and what are the biggest opportunities in their respective areas of study.

Demographic Trends and Realities

ian — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Many have observed that the recent global economic crisis is helping to accelerate the relative decline of today’s developed countries and drive the rise of today’s emerging markets. It is less well understood that demography is working in analogous ways, though over a much longer time horizon. Demographic change shapes economic and geopolitical power like water shapes rock.

Global Aging and the Future of Emerging Markets

tpeter — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The rich world may be leading the way into humanity’s graying future, but much of the developing world is not far behind. The CSIS Global Aging Initiative’s latest report, Global Aging and the Future of Emerging Markets, looks at the potential impact of shifting demographics on economic growth and social and political stability in emerging markets.

Global Aging and the Crisis of the 2020s

knakashima — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500

From the fall of the Roman and the Mayan empires to the Black Death to the colonization of the New World and the youth-driven revolutions of the twentieth century, demographic trends have played a decisive role in many of the great invasions, political upheavals, migrations, and environmental catastrophes of history.

Global Aging Preparedness Index

ian — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The world is being overtaken by a stunning demographic transformation known as global aging. Over the next few decades, global aging promises to affect everything from business psychology and workforce productivity to the shape of the family and the direction of global capital flows.

The Aging of China

mentman — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Q1: Does China really face a major aging challenge like the United States?

China's Long March to Retirement Reform

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

中国养老制度改革的长征《银发中国》再探

knakashima — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

China’s Long March to Retirement Reform: The Graying of the Middle Kingdom Revisited warns that the aging of China’s population could usher in a new era of slower economic growth and mounting social stress as tens of millions of Chinese arrive at old age over the next few decades without pensions and with inadequate family support.

Latin America's Aging Challenge

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Latin America’s Aging Challenge: Demographics and Retirement Policy in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico examines the economic, social, and geopolitical implications of the dramatic demographic transformation that is about to overtake the region.

The Graying of the Great Powers

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Graying of the Great Powers: Demography and Geopolitics in the 21^st Century, a publication of the CSIS Global Aging Initiative, explores how population aging and population

The Geopolitics of World Population Change

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

The Aging of Korea

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Korea is still a demographically youthful nation. In 2005, the elderly made up just 9 percent of the population, far beneath the developed-country average of 15 percent.

300 Million Americans: What Does It Mean?

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Long-Term Immigration Projection Methods

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Assumptions about international migration are an increasingly important component of the demographic projection module.

Building Human Capital in an Aging Mexico

Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Today there are nine Mexican children for every Mexican elder—but by 2050, there will be as many elders as children.

Projecting Immigration

Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400

The Graying of the Middle Kingdom

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400

By 2040 there will be 400 million Chinese elders—which is more than the total current population of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the UK combined.

The 2003 Aging Vulnerability Index

Tue, 04 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500

Germany and the Challenge of Global Aging

Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500

The Global Retirement Crisis

Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0500