Topical and Sectoral Studies
Facing up to the Problem of Population Aging in Developing Countries: New Perspectives for Assistance and Cooperation (2006)
Institute for International Cooperation
Japan International Cooperation Agency
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The study reported in this paper was conducted in fiscal 2005 as a joint research project under the editorial supervision of Dr. Toshio Watanabe, Dean, Takushoku University by three visiting researchers: Keiichiro Oizumi, Senior Researcher, Economics Department, The Japan Research Institute, Limited (project coordinator); Hirokazu Kajiwara, Professor, Faculty of International Development, Takushoku University; and Natsumi Aratame, Professor, Faculty of International Development, Takushoku University. In the preparation of this report, the authors were assisted by Tetsuo Ogawa, Assistant Professor, Chiba University, and Koji Yamada, Associate Senior Researcher, Institute for International Cooperation, Japan International Cooperation Agency. In the course of writing this report, the authors held three meetings with the pertinent officials of JICA. While the opinions expressed by JICA officials at these meetings were taken into consideration, the views appearing in this report are the sole responsibility of the authors who wrote the chapters and in no way represent any official position of JICA.
