With increasing urbanization, life expectancy, and breakdown of family support systems, the pressures for public funding for health care and support of the aged are bound to increase in Asia in the years to come. Among the key differences with the developed world are •  Ageing is taking place at much lower income levels and hence capacity to fund social welfare is lower.
•  There continue to be huge demands for funding of both physical and social infrastructure in growing Asian economies. •  Some countries have constrained fiscal situations. Our key advantage in Asia is that we know the future: we can see it in the emerging demographic challenges of the developed countries.