Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2016 – Shaping the Future: How changing demographics can power human development – World | ReliefWeb

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Overview People are the real wealth of nations. The opportunities they have and the choices they make determine the course of human development—nowhere more so than in Asia-Pacific, home to half the world’s population. Asia-Pacific’s future, to a large extent, shapes the world’s future. This ‘demographic destiny’ is not one with fixed outcomes, however. Beyond the sheer size of its population, Asia-Pacific is in the midst of a historic demographic transition. All countries are at some stage along a continuum where the shares of younger, older and working-age people have begun to shift.

Source: Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2016 – Shaping the Future: How changing demographics can power human development – World | ReliefWeb