The Global AgeWatch Index, GAWI 2013
V.T. Taipale
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AbstractGlobal ageing has been known for decades. Although there are few things in economic and social life that are predictable, the ageing of population is one such thing. Nevertheless, the policies of national and local governments have not been adapted timely. In 2012, United Nations Population Fund UNFPA and HelpAge International published a report on global ageing. Then the needs of global comparisons became explicit. In 2013, after consulting internationally widely known researchers in the field, HelpAge International published the first version of the Global AgeWatch Index (GAWI), a comparison of the ageing situation in different countries around the globe. Researchers, policy
makers and innovators in the field of gerontechnology should become acquainted with this index to support their work of improving the situation for older adults. At the same time, the gerontechnology community is called and encouraged to develop further especially the domain of ‘Enabling environment’ because this is most in need of scientific documentation.Keywords: international comparisons, benchmarking, ageing
V.T. Taipale (2014). The Global AgeWatch Index, GAWI 2013. Gerontechnology, 13(1), 16-20
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2014.13.1.010.00