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Social Pension Gaps in Malaysia

Professor Philip O'Keefe, Director , Ageing Asia Research Hub at the Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR)

03-Nov-25 08:30

Social Pension Gaps in Malaysia

Malaysia is on the cusp of becoming an aged society, and it’s happening faster than many expected. Are we ready for this silver tsunami? Questions we pose to Philip O’Keefe, Professor of Practice at the University of New South Wales and Director of the Ageing Asia Research Hub at the Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), lead author of a recently release report by the World Bank entitled, “Should Malaysia Expand Its Social Pension?”

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Produced by: Jake Lim, Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See


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Categories:  economy

Tags:  silver tsunamiCEPARsocial pensionpension fundsageing population





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