Probe why Asia faces a regionwide demographic transition to older populations. Population aging could serve as a drag on the region’s economic growth over the coming decades. Asia must overcome a number of structural obstacles in order to meet these challenges.

Emerging markets experience a gap in insurance coverage as their economies continue to grow. Along with microinsurance and financial insurance that play an essential role in narrowing the gap, a number of factors were identified that can help contribute to progress.

This presentation explains the risk-based supervisory framework, focusing on insurer profile summary. The importance of data quality as the primary input, which feeds economic and technical calculations, is highlighted. It also discusses the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment as integral part of a risk management system.

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) promotes effective and globally consistent regulation and supervision of the insurance industry. Coordinating further with partners and regions and placing focus on where IAIS can add value in the implementation space is needed to strengthen effectiveness of implementation activities and value to members.

This presentation discusses discounting reserves and participating life annuity contracts. It explains the convergence of and statutory accounting alignment between the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and International Financial Reporting Standards.

India is confronted by challenges in urban sanitation. The Government of India, through its National Urban Sanitation Policy, has taken steps to transform the country's urban areas into community‐driven, totally sanitized, and healthy and livable cities and towns.

Despite the achievements in clean water and sanitation access, many challenges remain to improving environmental sanitation in urban Bangladesh. Achieving sanitation sustainability requires strong community organization and ownership, and the willingness of residents to pay for water and sanitation services.

While the booming economy in Viet Nam is driving rapid urbanization, urban development is uneven with the most rapid changes occurring in some of the larger cities. Than Hoa, a city located in the north central province of Viet Nam, is undergoing a remarkable transformation though not without challenges.

The sanitation and solid waste management program of Bayawan City in the Philippines is an exceptional sanitation solution for a small city. Other local government unit leaders are encouraged to examine the sanitation practice in the city and consider replication in their localities.

Unprecedented pressure on resources in the 21st century has transformed the water and waste market landscapes: water models moving towards improved utility performance, growing demand for tailor-made solutions for waste in emerging countries, and resources efficiency driving industrial demand. Building partnerships is seen as the key to achieving effective results.