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Workshop: Measuring the Generational Economy: National Inclusion Accounts for Inclusive Policymaking

26 October 2026

Venue: InterContinental Hangzhou
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Overview

The meeting on Measuring the Generational Economy: National Inclusion Accounts for Inclusive Policymaking is co-organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

It builds on a Development Account project supporting the implementation of National Inclusion Accounts in eight pilot countries across two regions: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Uruguay in Latin America and the Caribbean; and Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives and Viet Nam in Asia and the Pacific. These countries represent diverse stages of the demographic transition and varying levels of economic development, offering a rich basis for comparative learning and policy dialogue.

Through their work, the pilot countries demonstrate the potential of National Inclusion Accounts to generate policy-relevant evidence on inequality, intergenerational support and the distribution of resources across population groups. The meeting will provide a platform to present country results, exchange experiences, and discuss how National Transfer Accounts and its extensions can be used to support fiscal planning, social protection, inclusive growth and long-term policymaking.

The objective of the meeting is to introduce National Inclusion Accounts as a new extension of the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) framework and to showcase results from eight pilot countries supported under the Development Account project, a collaboration of DESA, ECLAC and ESCAP.

The meeting will provide a strategic overview of NTA and its related extensions 鈥� National Time Transfer Accounts and National Inclusion Accounts 鈥� as decision-support tools for fiscal planning, social protection, inclusive growth and long-term policymaking. It will highlight how these frameworks generate evidence on the respective roles of governments, families and markets in supporting individuals across the life course.

The meeting will also provide an opportunity for policymakers and partners to share policy applications of National Transfer Accounts and its extensions, including how these tools can inform responses to population ageing, inequality, unpaid care work, intergenerational support, and the design of more inclusive and sustainable policies.

 

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Organization of work

Monday, 26 October 2026

 
 

Morning session 鈥� Chair: DESA (Cheryl Sawyer, Chief, Population Trends And Analysis Branch, 蘑菇视频DESA)

 
9.00 鈥� 9.20 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

  • United Nations: Lin Yang, Deputy Executive Secretary, ESCAP   
  • China National Committee on Ageing: Madam Lv Xiaoli, Vice Commissioner, CNCA 
  • HelpAge International: Eduardo Klein, Regional Director, HelpAge 

 
9.20 鈥� 10.15 a.m.

Population Ageing: Global, Regional and Country Responses

  • Nicole Mun Sim Lai, Population Affairs Officer, 蘑菇视频DESA Population Division. Global population ageing: the role of DESA    
  • Sabine Henning, Chief, Sustainable Demographic Transition Section, ESCAP. Population ageing in Asia and the Pacific: the role of ESCAP
  • Raul Holz, Senior Researcher, ECLAC. Population ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean: the role of ECLAC
  • Professor Peng Du, Renmin University of China China. Responding to population ageing in China: policies, progress and future outlook

Q & A

 
10:15 鈥� 10:25 a.m.

Group Photo

 
10:25 鈥� 10:45 a.m

Coffee Break

 
10:45 a.m. 鈥� 12:00 p.m.

National Inclusion Accounts in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Moderator: Raul Holz, Senior Researcher, ECLAC
    • Colombia: Piedad Urdinola, Associate Professor at the National University of Colombia       
    • Costa Rica: Fernanda Mu帽oz Sibaja     
    • Jamaica: Deidra Coy, Director, Human & Community Development Unit Social Policy Planning & Research Division, Planning Institute of Jamaica     
    • Uruguay: Mateo Gonz谩lez Poses, Deputy Director, National Directorate of Transfers and Data Analysis Ministry of Social Development       

Q & A        
12:00 鈥� 13:30 p.m.   
 

Lunch Break

 
 

Afternoon session: Chair: ESCAP

 
13:30 鈥� 15:15 p.m.

Policy Panel Discussion: Population Ageing 鈥� NTA, NTTA and NTA-I

  • Moderator: Nicole Mun Sim Lai, Population Affairs Officer, 蘑菇视频DESA  
    • Asia perspective: Eduardo Klein, Lead Asia-Pacific Regional Convenor, HelpAge; Professor Sang-Hyop Lee, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    • Europe perspective: Agnieszka Ch艂o艅-Domi艅czak, President, Government Population Council (GPC), Poland    
    • Piedad Urdinola, Associate Professor at the National University of Colombia; Rodrigo Arim, Director, Office of Planning and Budget, Uruguay    

Q & A (Discussant: Professor Thanh Long Giang, College of Economics and Public Management, Viet Nam) 
 
15:15 鈥� 15:35  p.m.

Coffee Break

 
15:35 鈥� 16:50 p.m. National Inclusion Accounts in Asia and the Pacific

  • Moderators: Marco Roncarati, Social Affairs Officer, ESCAP; Napaphat Satchanawakul, Social Affairs Officer, ESCAP
    • China: Professor Shen Ke, Fudan University
    • Lao PDR
    • Maldives
    • Viet Nam

Q & A 
 
16:50 鈥� 17:00 p.m.  

Closing Remarks & Next Steps

  • Cheryl Sawyer, 蘑菇视频DESA