Forecast: Leveraging and supporting India’s ‘demographic dividend’ will soon become the focus of many nations (beyond India) as a driver of economic growth and geopolitical stability in the next fifty years.
Having spent nearly two years of my life living in South Asia (Nepal and India), I will admit a favorable (and optimistic) bias towards the subcontinent (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan).
Despite the many obstacles, I think South Asia’s influence in the next century will be overwhelmingly positive across a wide spectrum of indicators for economic growth and quality of life for people around the globe. South Asia has a lot to contribute in the next century, and there is little doubt that leveraging India’s demographic fortunes will be key to success.
In this TED Talk we hear from past CEO of Infosys turned visionary Nandan Nilekani about ’four brands of ideas that will determine whether India can continue its recent breakneck progress’:
