AIKO KIKKAWA is senior economist of the ADB’s Economic Research and Development Impact Department. Her research portfolio covers population aging and demographic change, international migration and remittances, and economic analyses of development projects. She is the lead author of two corporate flagship publications; Asian Development Policy Report 2024: Aging Well in Asia, and the Asian Economic Integration Report 2019/2020: Demographic Change, Productivity and the Role of Technology. She currently leads ADB’s technical assistance supporting the introduction and implementation of aging and health surveys in Asia and conducts policy-oriented research on old-age employment, economic security and pension reforms, long-term care and lowering fertility. Prior to joining ADB, she was with the International Organization for Migration where she led technical assistance programs on overseas employment policy, remittances, and disaster relief operations targeting mobile population.