Paper Title
The Impact of Population Ageing on Economic Growth in South Asia

Abstract
The share of the working-age population in the total population will start to decline in all countries of the South Asia in the coming years,. All other things remaining equal, this so-called demographic burden will have a downward effect on economic growth. This paper studies whether the South Asia 2020 employment targets would be sufficient to compensate for the downward impact of demographic burden and whether the impact of demography on economic growth differs between South Asian countries. The results show that raising employment rates to the South Asia 2020 targets can reestablish positive opportunities for economic growth, but not in all countries and only to a limited extent. They also show that even though urban and rural regions differ in terms of population growth and growth of the working age population,the prospects for demographic burden are highly similar for both types of regions. Keywords - Demographic Burden, Economic Growth, Ageing population, South Asian Region