ASEAN RISING: ASEAN and AEC Beyond 2015 puts together ideas, thoughts and papers from more than 30 experts and specialists in the region on various areas relating to ASEAN and AEC beyond 2015. It discusses the challenges for ASEAN and AEC, how to face them and how ASEAN should move forward...

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...