How does healthy ageing affect economic growth?
Globally, decision-makers are concerned that population ageing will result in slower economic growth and therefore greater demands for health and social care.
However, a new set of six country studies by the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office, and WKC, shows how country investments in healthy ageing could positively affect economic growth across a range of country settings (Australia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and Viet Nam) in the Western Pacific Region with over a third of the world's population 65 years and older.
Investments in healthy ageing can health countries realize the full potential of its older population and contribute to economic growth.
Read the 6 case studies here