South Africa and Ageing
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- How to create pension systems in a region where so many are still in the informal sector
- F. Stewart; J. Yermo / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
- In sub-Saharan Africa less than 10% of the older population has a contributory pension. This paper discusses why the development of pension systems is important for the African region. It also looks at the current pension arrangements...
- Designing flexible pensions systems to encompass more workers
- Y. Hu; F. Stewart / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
- Pension reform around the world in recent decades has focused mainly on the formal sector. Consequently, many of those working in the informal sector have been left out of structured pension arrangements, particularly in developing co...
- Age discrimination - a way of determining rights and abilities based on stereotypes?
- S. Charters / International Federation on Ageing, 2008
- Discrimination on grounds of age tends to invoke less public revulsion than acts of racial or gender discrimination, as it is considered less likely to be based on malicious intent. While this assertion about intent may be true in cer...
- Living with the in-laws still commonplace in developing countries
- S. Ruggles; M. Heggeness / Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, 2008
- Is coresidence of elderly people with their children really on the decline in most developing countries, as much research suggests? This analysis uses new data and measures to assess changes in intergenerational coresidence in 15 deve...
- Extending the South African pension scheme to cover all of the elderly population
- Department of Social Development, Republic of South Africa, 2008
- The government of South Africa is undertaking retirement reform initiatives to establish a comprehensive social security system. The potential components of the system are a universal noncontributory system (or social assistance), a m...
- Sharing skills, knowledge and experience between old and young
- A. Hatton-Yeo (ed); T. Ohsako (ed) / UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2008
- Intergenerational programmes are vehicles for the purposeful and ongoing exchange of resources and learning among older and younger generations. This monograph presents the results of collaborative cross-country research and aims to a...
- Offering support to elderly carers
- Children in Distress Network / Children in Distress Network, 2007
- The role of caring for orphaned and vulnerable children rests heavily on elderly women in communities severely affected by HIV and AIDS. This proposal concept from the CINDI Network programme in South Africa outlines the results of a ...
- South Africa’s strategy on prevention of physical abuse of older persons
- Department of Health, Government of South Africa, 2007
- The goal of this Strategy is to ensure that older people in South Africa can enjoy a life of dignity, respect, security, empowerment, equality, free of violence and maltreatment (exploitation). This will require intervention and vigil...
- Perspectives on the challenges of ageing societies on human rights
- International Longevity Centre, 2007
- This booklet is a compilation of reports from the United Kingdom, South Africa, France, Dominican Republic, Israel, India, Japan, Netherlands, Argentina and the USA. Each considers the rights and entitlements of the aged in the respec...
- The effects of having pensioners in the household on South African labour supply responses
- C. Ardington; A. Case; V. Hosegood / Research Program in Development Studies, Princeton University, 2007
- This paper quantifies the labour supply responses of prime-aged individuals to changes in the presence of old-age pensioners in their households, using longitudinal data collected in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The authors c...
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