sábado, 5 de abril de 2014

What effects will these predictions have on developed countries if they prove true? What can be done now to deal with this situation?

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The birth rate in most developed countries is predicted to begin to fall over the next 50 years. By 2030 it is estimated that over one third of the population in most developed countries will be aged 65 and over:

What effects will these predictions have on developed countries if they prove true? What can be done now to deal with this situation?

Give reason for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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Answer:

Some expert agree that in the next five decades more than the thirty percent of the population in development countries will be over 65 years old and they have two main effects in the region and there are a comprehensive alternative to avoid collateral effects of this behavior.
The first effect is that the actively economic population will be reduced; this will produce less incomes taxes to the development countries in order to afford the government bills. The second main effect is that the health care service will be more expensive for the governments in development countries due to the older population will face sickness related with their age,
Government can afford this situation designing a comprehensive strategy, integrating tow alternative solution, on one hand it is necessary an immigration policy that consider the attraction of new young population that are prepared to start working in development countries and on the other hand Government must start a strong health program in order to prevent or reduce the number of sickness people in the near future, such as obesity, cancer, heard problems and others. For example, The Netherlands implement a strong health program based in physical exercise and population must pay 50% of the cost of the program, and they are responsible of their own health, and in Germany some people received a DNA study in order to prepare a health program due to they have strong probabilities of heart attacks.
In my conclusion, this prediction is going to be more and more real and is important that development countries start prevent possible effects in their regions.