Older Persons in Southeast Asia: An Emerging Asset

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v Contents List of Tables ix List of Figures xv Foreword by Hal Hill xix Message from the Director xxv Preface xxvii Contributors xxix PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Older Persons in Southeast Asia: From Liability to Asset 3 Aris Ananta and Evi Nurvidya Arifin 2. Future Ageing in Southeast Asia: Demographic Trends, Human Capital, and Health Status 47 Wolfgang Lutz, Samir K. C., Hafiz T. A. Khan, Sergei Scherbov, and George W. Leeson PART II: OLD-AGE INCOME SECURITY 3. Economics and Old Age: The Singapore Experience 71 David Reisman 4. National Long-Term-Care Severe Disability Insurance in Singapore 97 Gerald Choon-Huat Koh vi 5. Social Security and Health Care Financing for Older Persons in Thailand: New Challenges 116 Kusol Soonthorndhada 6. An Exploration of a Universal Non-contributory Pension Scheme in Vietnam 140 Giang Thanh Long and Wade Donald Pfau PART III: EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER SOURCES OF FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION 7. Employment of Older Persons: Diversity across Nations and Subnations in Southeast Asia 167 Evi Nurvidya Arifin and Aris Ananta 8. Work, Income, and Expenditure: Elderly and Near-elderly Women in Metro Cebu, Philippines 218 Socorro A. Gultiano and Sonny S. Agustin 9. Employability Approach to Financing Old Age 244 Chew Soon Beng and Rosalind Chew 10. Facing the Geriatric Wave in Indonesia: Financial Conditions and Social Support 270 Tri Budi W. Rahardjo, Tony Hartono, Vita Priantina Dewi, Eef Hogervorst and Evi Nurvidya Arifin PART IV: AGEING, MIGRATION, AND DEVELOPMENT 11. The Nexus of Ageing and Migration in Singapore 301 Kalyani K. Mehta 12. Overseas Labour Migration and Well-being of Older Filipinos 314 Grace T. Cruz and Elma P. Laguna 13. Urbanization and the Ageing Community in Sarawak, Malaysia 335 Ling How Kee vi Contents vii PART V: ROLES OF GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY 14. Ageing, Finance, and Civil Society: Notes for an Agenda 361 Philip Kreager 15. Evaluation and Implementation of Ageing-related Policies in Indonesia 392 Nugroho Abikusno Index 415 Contents vii viii ...