Yonsei University has undergone a long period of medical education transformation throughout its 127-year-old academic history. Yonsei houses the first and oldest medical college in South Korea established in 1885.

AUM&Lee Architects Associates is a 70-year-old Korean company with more than 200 engineers and experts in building design, planning, and supervision. In this presentation, Wonseok Lee, Managing Director of its Overseas Department, shares the company's experience in building the 500-bed Thua Thien-Hue General Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in Viet Nam.

Since 1993, ADB has been one of the largest multilateral development partner helping the government reform its health sector Check out how ADB provides assistance to Mongolia’s health sector.

As countries grow and develop, they also tend to spend more on health. This is accompanied by changes in the composition of sources of health financing. However, he said there has been a marked decline in external sources in recent years as development partners reduce their support when countries become richer.

The development of the health care system in the Republic of Korea holds vital lessons for developing countries. It is a story that took decades to make. This presentation talks about the journey of the Republic of Korea towards an efficient health care system.

Some member-nations of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will see their working-age population grow or slightly decline by 2050; others will see them shrink. Several APEC countries rely on migration to expand their labor force and GDP. The labor force participation rates among people aged 50-64 and women aged 15-64 are expected to rise in almost all APEC member countries by 2050, and affect the growth in GDP per worker. Policies should focus on migration, resolving bilateral issues, the health and training of elderly workers, child care, and gender wage gap.

Reacting to the main presentation, the author noted the importance of the topic health capacity to work and the useful results of the research, as it investigates the extent to which older Japanese people could enlarge the labor supply. Nonetheless, he pointed out potential issues with the two methods used in the study.

The labor force participation rate among Japanese men and women over the age of 65 has increased since 2010. This research shows that older people in Japan have a significant capacity to work at older ages. A follow-up study found, however, that after retirement salaried men who held jobs at age 54 have few employment opportunities and tend to become underemployed.

Water pollution has been increasing in Asia, resulting in economic losses, health problems, and damage to aquatic systems. ADB-financed projects must not only meet environment safeguard requirements in water quality impacts; they must also incorporate environmental sustainability into project design.

Australia has a well-targeted welfare system. Gross income is unequal, but taxes and transfers make it more equal, and government invests a lot in health and education. However, the government should also consider privatization, active regulatory oversight, and incentives to inform market design.