GAI News

The Global Aging Initiative’s efforts to educate leaders and the public go beyond publishing cutting-edge research reports and organizing international conferences. GAI News offers a sampling of our many other activities, including speeches, congressional testimony, op-eds, journal articles, and TV and radio interviews. It also includes a selection of media coverage.

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February 24, 2006
Richard Jackson discussed Japan's 2004 pension reform at the conference on "Pension Reforms in Selected OECD Countries" hosted by the Urban Institute.
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February 21, 2006
An article by Keisuke Nakashima appeared in The World Compass, a Japanese journal published by the Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute. The article explores the implications of popualtion aging for China's long-term social and economic development prospects.
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February 7, 2006
Richard Jackson spoke at a forum hosted by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund. His presentation focused on the economic and financial market implications of global aging.
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January 10, 2006
Richard Jackson's letter to the editor, "Developing World's 'Youth Bulge' May Lead to Instability," was published in The Financial Times.
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December 11, 2005
Richard Jackson gave the lead presentation at the White House Conference on Aging’s Global Roundtable.
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October 20, 2005
The keynote speech that Richard Jackson gave at the CFA Institute in May 2005 was published in Japanese translation in The Security Analysts Journal (vol. 43, no. 10), the journal of the Japanese Security Analysts Association.  
 
September 7, 2005
Richard Jackson spoke at the Social Security Advisory Board’s forum on “The Long-term Impact of Immigration on Social Security and the National Economy.” He discussed the growing importance of international migration in determining population and economic growth—and assessed the challenges involved in improving projection practice. 

July 20, 2005
Richard Jackson briefed the Policy Committee of the White Conference on Aging on the challenge of the global aging. His presentation compared and contrasted the outlook for the United States with the outlook for the other developed countries.
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July 2005
In May 2004, Richard Jackson participated in a “Global Summit on the Aging Workforce.” The latest edition of The Pfizer Journal (vol. IX, no. 3) is devoted to a write up of the roundtable.
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June 6, 2005
Richard Jackson appeared on Global Lens, a talk show produced by WYBE, a Philadelphia-based public television station.

May 19, 2005
Richard Jackson testified before the full House Committee on Ways and Means at hearing on "The Retirement Policy Challenges and Opportunities of our Aging Society."
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May 9, 2005
Richard Jackson gave a keynote address on the challenge of global aging at the 2005 CFA Institute Annual Conference.
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March 31, 2005
Richard Jackson participated in a UNITAR/UNFPA Workshop on population issues. His presentation focused on the challenges that rapid population aging in the developed and developing worlds posses for global development and security.
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March 2005
An article by Keisuke Nakashima appeared in The Kaigai Toyushi, a Japanese journal published by the Japan Institute for Overseas Investment. The article explores the implications of population aging and population decline for China’s long-term economic development prospects.
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February 18, 2005
Richard Jackson participated in a panel on biotechnology and the future environment for health and health care in an aging America. The panel was held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting.

February 16, 2005
Richard Jackson appeared on Voice of America’s Issues and Opinions, a radio and TV call-in talk show broadcast in mainland China. The show focused on the social and economic implications of the stunning demographic transformation about to overtake China.

February 11, 2005
An article discussed the findings of the CSIS Aging Vulnerability Index appeared in the prestigious Science magazine (vol. 307, no. 5711, p. 842).
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February 10, 2005
Richard Jackson was interviewed by Voice of America on China’s aging challenge. A radio broadcast and series of articles were based on the interview.
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February 2, 2005
Richard Jackson was quoted extensively in a major Washington Post article entitled “Aging Population Poses Global Challenges.”
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February 1, 2005
Richard Jackson was interviewed for Radio Netherlands' documentary, “Growing Old Globally.”
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January 19, 2005
Richard Jackson gave a presentation on the CSIS Aging Vulnerability Index at a monthly luncheon meeting sponsored by the Society of Government Economists and the National Economists Club.
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January 9, 2005
Keisuke Nakashima gave a presentation on the CSIS Aging Vulnerability Index at a policy forum of the Policy Net, a Japanese network of public policy researchers and professionals.
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