Experts discussed ways to build the safety and well-being of Asia’s aging societies amid the COVID-19 pandemic during an ADBI-Center for Strategic and International Studies webinar on 16 September, in conjunction with the 53rd ADB Annual Meeting. Drawing upon country-level case studies, they emphasized the importance of advancing social and financial protection for the elderly as well as the role of innovative technology and education in fostering an inclusive care economy. Boosting COVID-19 mitigation and structural reforms that improve protections for aging societies would promote resilient and inclusive post-pandemic growth in the region, they added. See related infographic.