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A Singapore study shows career breaks to care for family hold back not only a woman’s rise in the corporate ladder but also affect her retirement savings.
Trust-based frameworks safeguard vulnerable people while ensuring their assets support care and quality of life.
Singapore consolidated its various health and care systems to deliver integrated cost-efficient care for its aging population
Asia can gain from the longevity dividend by tapping emerging technologies to promote an age-friendly workplace.
The pandemic has called attention to the health and financial well-being of older persons.
Senior care in the PRC and the region must be treated as an economic investment—integrated, digitally enabled, and open to private capital.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
Two of five adults in the Asia and Pacific region are overweight or obese and the costs associated with these conditions undermine economic growth as well as the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on health.
Scenario planning enables development teams to test assumptions, surface risks and opportunities, and make better choices under uncertainty.
Strengthening primary and preventive care, promoting early disease detection, and reducing health risks can ease the health crisis.