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05/14/2012 • 3:39 pm 0

Financing Indonesia’s Ageing Population

Aris Ananta

Mletiko, 14 May 2012

“Financing Indonesia’s Ageing Population”  appearing in Southeast Asian Affairs 2012, edited by Daljit Singh and Pushpa Thambipillai,  has just been published by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore,  2012.

The chapter  has the following sections: Ageing Population in Indonesia;  Threat of Population Explosion in Indonesia in the 1960s; Threat of Population Explosion of Older Persons in 2010s; From Liability to Asset; Two Policy Options for Financing the Ageing Population in Indonesia (alternative demographic scenarios and  an integrated policy package for the whole population); and Concluding Remarks.

The sub-section on “integrated policy package for the whole population” includes: Promotion of Active Ageing; Abolishment of Retirement Age, Seniority System, and Juniority System; Development of Market-based Insurance and Pensions; and Creation of Affordable and Just Universal Social Protection and Pensions for Everybody.

The following is the concluding remarks of the chapter.

Concluding  Remarks

In the 1960s and 1970s, Indonesia has policies on how to finance the baby boomers when they were young and unproductive, with its strong family planning programme.  However, the current government has not been sufficiently prepared to face the the threat of explosion of older persons, when the baby-boom generations become old and unproductive. Today Indonesia faces a different question: how to finance the rising number and percentage of the baby boomers who will soon become older persons. Indonesia will again have a high dependency ratio. This time, the high dependency ratio will reflect older persons, who still consume but have stopped producing. The economic consequences of the explosion of older persons can become disastrous for the younger persons, as the younger persons need to shoulder much heavier burdens to take care of the older persons.

This chapter provides recommendations on how to manage the economic consequences of the explosion of older persons with a life-long approach, considering all ages of the population and not only the older persons.

In short, the policy is transform the older persons from a liability to an asset.  (*)

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04/24/2012 • 5:10 pm 0

Three Pillars of Active Ageing in Indonesia

Evi Nurvidya Arifin

The following is an abstract  of my article “Three Pillars of Active Ageing in Indonesia”,  written with two co-authors (Kathryn L. Braun and Eef Hogervorst), appearing in Asian Population Studies, available online since 18 April 2012.

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to the knowledge of ageing in Indonesia—the fourth most populous country in the world—within the framework of active ageing. Data are from the 2005 Intercensus Population Survey, the first to gather information from older persons aged 60 and above. Findings are organised according to the three pillars of the World Health Organization’s Active Ageing framework including health, participation and security. Findings suggest that: (1) good self-rated health status and functional ability are common among older persons; (2) Indonesian elders participate predominantly in home-centred leisure activities, but not in physical exercise; and (3) economic security, measured by main source of funding, varies by sex. There is great variation across Indonesia’s provinces in the status of the three pillars of active ageing. Policymaking on active ageing should pay attention to the local situation, and expect differences in health, participation and security by gender and province.

You can also open here. *

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04/08/2012 • 3:25 pm 0

A ROMANTIC AND PERSEVERING ELDERLY COUPLE

Aris  Ananta

 

Mletiko, 8 April 2012

 

Briskly walking while holding a bicycle from the back, an elderly man seemed to be enjoying that Saturday morning with his elderly wife in a coastal park. Both were about 70 years old. With the sea to their left, the elderly woman seriously but leisurely rode on her bicycle–the husband to her side, keeping up to prevent  the bicycle from falling.  They looked very romantic.

 

But, wait! The elderly woman was learning how to ride a bicycle. The elderly man tried several times to help the woman.

 

I could not stop watching this couple, while pretending to do my own exercise in West Coast Park, Singapore, on 7 April 2012.

 

I was so impressed with the perseverance of the  elderly couple. And, they enjoyed this learning process too.

 

Finally, I was so happy to see the elderly woman being able to ride the bicycle without the help from her husband—though  for only a short distance.

 

It is so nice that people are still determined to learn a new thing even at advanced ages. They learn a new thing with passion and happiness. More importantly, this elderly couple seems to remain romantic.

 

Active ageing should also mean remaining active to learn new things and be romantic. Keeping and nurturing romantic life should be part of active, and therefore healthy, ageing programs.

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03/06/2012 • 12:53 pm 3

Population Dynamics and Climate Change: Indonesia as an Illustration

Aris  Ananta

6 March 2012

Dear readers,

Some friends asked me “What are the contribution of demographic analysis on mitigating and adapting to climate change?’

Not many people write on this topic. Attached is my initial response to the question.

Read Population Dynamics and Climate Change. Revised, 4 April 2012. Comments are warmly welcome to improve the ideas and paper.

Though this is an  unedited paper, please feel free to cite it you are interested.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Aris

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02/02/2012 • 12:41 pm 0

UN’s Revolution on Measuring Development

2 February 2012

Dear friends,

Good news. UN has started a great and important step to revise the measurement of development.  They will conduct a high-level forum on “Measuring the Unmeasurable: Challenge the Limits of Official Statistics” on 27 February 2012.

The following is a sample of the news, interviewing Porf. Paul Cheong, the UN’s statistician who leads the revolution in measuring development.

 “In order to remain relevant in a rapidly changing world, the statistical community has to continuously examine and push its own boundaries. Phenomena, which are not easily measurable today, may become important tomorrow, so we have to be prepared. In the past years it has become customary to explore ‘cutting edge’ issues in the format of a ‘high level forum’, which allows brainstorming and free-flowing exchange. In these discussions, we have to balance the desire to explore new ideas which may require new measurement tools and the need to preserve the credibility and reputation of official statistics.

This year’s event will focus on issues such as the measurement of happiness, well-being and ecosystem services and other difficult concepts. These are complicated topics with no clear measurement yardsticks. How to take the complex interaction between the environment and the economy into account and how to capture the level of well being in a country, which may include a high degree of subjectivity, will be discussed among the chief statisticians of the world.”

Related articles:

Your better life index
The Statistical Revolution is Finally Here

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12/23/2011 • 1:50 pm 0

Poverty and Global Recession in Southeast Asia

Just  Published

Edited by  Aris   Ananta and Richard Barichello

About the Book

Financial crises after financial crises have occurred, with widening impact and deepening severity. This book started  with an  objective to understand the impact of high inflation on poverty in Southeast Asia. However, global inflation moved quickly into recession in 2008. Southeast Asia was not an exception.

This book then refocused the title to Poverty and Global Recession in Southeast Asia. It is a modest attempt to contribute a better understanding of poverty and food security in Southeast Asia during the 20089-09 global recession, considering both recent development and the previous major crisis of 19979-98. The book may also help to anticipate some possible impacts of future global recession on food and poverty, not only in Southeast Asia, but also in many other countries in the world.

The book was published by Institute of  Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2012. (*)


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10/05/2011 • 12:47 pm 0

2010 Revision of the World Population Prospects

 

Dear Mletiko readers,

The United Nations has just published its 2010 revision of the world population prospects. Below is its flier.

Best regards,

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