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Why has Hong Kong women’s life expectancy hit record high? What about the men?
In an article on the high life expectancy in HK, SOSC/ PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN was quoted as attributing the increasing life expectancy to relatively high income, social safety nets, proximity to primary healthcare and a relatively healthy lifestyle and diet. Read the full article here.
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2025/hong-kong-womans-life-expectancy
People are having fewer babies: Is it really the end of the world?
In an article on collapsing fertility, SOSC/ PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN was quoted as saying that low fertility rates reflect broken systems and institutions preventing people from having their desired number of children. Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN commented that low fertility rates reflect broken systems ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2025/people-are-having-fewer-baby
Gietel-Basten on rising demographic challenges to the Greater Bay Area
Earlier this year, Beijing set out its “innovation driven and reform led” vision for the Greater Bay Area (GBA), a network of nine cities in Guangdong, plus Hong Kong and Macao. However, in order to seize the opportunities opening up in the GBA, fresh and imaginative approaches will need to be taken to ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2019/gietel-basten-demographic-challenges-gba-innovative-policy
The Changing Nature of Work -- Launch of the World Development Report 2019
Download the World Development Report in Chinese here.  Download the World Development Report in English here.   Live Broadcast Event Summary In October 2018, HKUST IEMS hosted the launch of the 2019 World Development Report (WDR) titled “The Changing Nature of Work” at HKUST Business ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/talk/2018/launch-of-the-world-development-report-2019
Zweig Identifies Three Obstacles To Bringing Mobile Talents Back to China on a CCG Forum
The 4th Annual China and Globalization Forum hosted by CCG (Center for China and Globalization) was held at Beijing Yintai Centre on May 20. David Zweig, IEMS Faculty Associate, shared his views with the participants of the obstacles of introducing mobile talents in China. In his speech, ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2018/zweig-the-obstacles-of-introducing-mobile-talents-in-china
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