South Africa and Ageing
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- Extent, distribution and nature of poverty among the elderly in South Africa
- J. May / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003
- This report includes a comprehensive review of existing research, both published and unpublished on the old in South Africa. Quantitative datasets were examined, and a new database containing information related to 26,918 people, 50 y...
- Can informal social security mechanisms be sustained in the long term?
- A. Dekker / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper gives a brief overview of the current formal social security provisioning in South Africa with regards to old age and retirement benefits. It then investigates issues impacting on the ageing population namely unemployment, ...
- How the old view their lives - comparing attitudes in India and South Africa
- United Nations Population Fund, 2002
- In order to sharpen international focus on some of the key operational challenges faced by older people today, UNFPA commissioned a pilot study in South Africa and India. The study methodology entailed a literature review, including a...
- Effects of HIV/AIDS on older Africans
- Ageing and Life Course (WHO), 2001
- Project set in four countries in Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania. It aims to identify barriers that prevent older people from providing adequate and fulfilling care to their children dying from HIV/AIDS and, subsequ...
- Why do grandmothers prefer girls? The effects of pensions on child nutrition
- E. Duflo / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2000
- This paper studies whether the impact of a cash transfer on child nutritional status is affected by the gender of its recipient. In the early 1990's, the benefits and coverage of the South African social pension program were expanded ...
- Aging Trends: South Africa
- International Programs Center, Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1997
- This report summarizes the major demographic aspects affecting the aging of the South African population and highlights several socioeconomic characteristics that affect the wellbeing of older persons.
- Safety net arrangements for elderly Africans
- S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
- Non-contributory state pensions were introduced in South Africa in 1928. Eligibility was extended to White Namibians in the 1940s but to African Namibians only in 1973. Initially motivated by a complex combination of welfarist ...
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