01732cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000475 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451856309 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Heller, Peter. Aging in the Asian 'Tigers' : Challenges for Fiscal Policy / Peter Heller. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (55 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper assesses the government expenditure effects from changing demographics in the Asian 'Tiger' economies through 2050. With some exceptions, their limited social insurance commitments initially suggest that aging populations may not adversely affect fiscal balances. Yet for all the Tigers, changing illness patterns and medical modernization may combine with demographics to intensify budgetary pressures. The paper notes the implications of the Tigers' reliance on private sector pension and medical insurance systems; the need for an active public role; and the complications for fiscal analysis when private sector instruments are used, in a mandatory way, as public policy instruments. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/143 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1997/143/001.1997.issue-143-en.xml IMF e-Library