Russian Federation : The Demographic Transition and Its Implications for Adult Learning and Long-Term Care Policies

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO EDUCATION;    ACCESS TO INFORMATION;    ADULT EDUCATION;    ADULT LEARNING;    ADULT MORBIDITY;   

RP-ID  :  AAA58

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report describes the demographictransition in the Russian Federation and its implicationsfor adult learning and long-term care policies. Thepopulation of Russia is aging and declining rapidly comparedto other European nations. Russia's current agestructure results from decades of complex demographic trendsthat have created a population structure with increasinglyfewer young people. Women are having fewer children and arewaiting longer to have children. Russia'smortalityremains higher than in other developed societies. This highmortality is due to an unusually high incidence ofnon-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries among adultmen. Two key challenges face Russia. The first challenge iswhether public expenditure on pensions and health care willbecome unsustainable as the size of the elderly populationincreases. The second challenge is whether decliningpopulation sizes will reduce the size of the labor force andhence reduce economic growth.