Strengthening social protection in East Asia [electronic resource] / edited by Mukul Asher and Fukunari Kimura.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. Selected issues in Strengthening social protection in East Asia : an overview / Mukul G. Asher and Fukunari Kimura -- ch. 2. Managing pension and healthcare costs in rapidly aging depopulating countries : the case of Japan / Noriyuki Takayama -- ch. 3. Managing pension and healthcare costs in rapidly aging depopulating countries : the case of Korea / Hyungpo Moon -- ch. 4. Structuring the payout phase in a defined contribution scheme in high income countries : experiences of Australia and New Zealand / Hazel Bateman -- ch. 5. Structuring the payout phase in a defined contribution scheme in high income countries : experiences of Singapore / Ngee Choon Chia and Albert K. Tsui -- ch. 6. Civil service pension arrangements in India, the Philippines, and Thailand : an assessment / Mukul G. Asher and Friska Parulian -- ch. 7. Strengthening sustainability and extending the pension coverage in China / Yuwei Hu -- ch. 8. Extending the coverage of social protection among informal workers in India / Santanu Gupta -- ch. 9. Extending social protection for informal sector workers in Indonesia / Budi Kuncoro, Friska Parulian and Mukul G. Asher.