Ageing Asia and the Pacific in Changing Times

Subas P. Dhakal is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New England (Armidale, NSW) with teaching/research experiences on sustainability policies and strategies in Asia Pacific/South Asia. He has extensively published in the areas of - a) Ageing Society & Aged Care; b) Future of Education & Employment; and c) Sustainable Development Goals. He currently serves as an Editorial Review Board Member of an International Journal - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. He is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Torrens University.Alan Nankervis is an Adjunct Professor of Human Resource Management at Curtin (Perth) and Torrens (Adelaide) universities. His research interests include comparative Asian HRM, graduate work-readiness in the Asia Pacific, the impacts of artificial intelligence on industries in Asia Pacific and Australia, and the challenges of ageing populations.John Burgess is a Professor of Human Resource Management at Torrens University, Australia. He is also visiting Professor at the Centre for Research on Work and Employment at the University of Greenwich, UK. His research interests include the future of work, transitional labour markets, and HRM practices of multinational enterprises, contingent employment arrangements, and skills development in emerging labour markers..

• Part I Context and Setting the Scene.- Chapter 1 Population Ageing: Challenges in the Asia Pacific and Beyond.- Chapter 2 Addressing the Challenges of Ageing: Global Perspectives on Policies and Practices.- Chapter 3 A Bibliometric Analysis of Ageing Literature: Global and Asia-Pacific Trends.- Part II Country Case Studies.- Chapter 4 Ageing, work, care in Australia: Progress and prospects in meeting Sustainable Development Goals of inclusive growth and gender equality.- Chapter 5 Bridging the gap in social infrastructure for the ageing population in Bangladesh.- Chapter 6 Ageing population and sustainable development: Evidence from China.- Chapter 7 Sustainable development Goals and Ageing: Status, Challenges, and Strategies for Policy Implications for India.- Chapter 8 Financial Stability or Instability in their Golden Years: An Analysis of the Financial Preparedness of Malaysians.- Chapter 9 Ageing Population, the Poverty Nexus and Wellbeing of Elderly in Mauritius.- Chapter 10 Ageing and Health Agenda for Nepal: Challenges and Policy Responses for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 11 Recalibrating Social Protection for an Ageing Singapore.- Chapter 12 Population ageing and societal inequalities: the case of Taiwan.- Chapter 13 Ageing, work-life and lifestyle: Reflections from Thailand.- Part III Comparative Analysis and Conclusion.- Chapter 14 Comparative Analysis of Countries’ Ageing Challenges & Policies.