- Making migration a development factor: the case of North and West Africa
- International Labour Organization, 2010
- Migration can be a positive factor in the development of countries of origin through two main channels - remittances and return migration. But, in looking at five countries (Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia) this repo...
- Civil Service and Military Pension Reforms in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
- M. G. Asher 2011
- The 2008 Global Crisis and demographic trends in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore has increased the urgency of reforming their pension systems for enhancing financial, fiscal, and economic sustainability over a long period, and miti...
- Simulations of long-term returns and replacement rates in the Colombian pension system
- J. Alonso / BBVA Research, 2010
- This study is a theoretical exercise for Colombia that aims to simulate a variety of scenarios under a hypothetical scheme similar to the pension multi-funds currently in operation in Chile, Mexico and Peru.
- The Demographic Dividend: Evidence from the Indian States
- S. Aiyar / International Monetary Fund, 2011
- Large cohorts of young adults are poised to add to the working-age population of developing economies. Despite much interest in the consequent growth dividend, the size and circumstances of the potential gains remain under-explored. T...
- Institutional care for older people in developing countries: under the policy radar? The case of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- N. Redondo / University of East Anglia, 2011
- Many developing countries are seeing a rapid growth of residential care homes for older people. In the main, these are small-scale, informal and entirely unregulated. This raises serious concerns about the wellbeing and rights of olde...
- ICT enabled independent living for elderly
- K. Gaßner 2010
- We are living in the midst of an unprecedented transition: the rapid ageing of the inhabitants of the industrialised world, accompanied by a diminishing number of young people. Figures in the Green Paper on Demographic Change launched...
- Ageing and the protection of human rights: current situation and outlook
- S Huenchuan / United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012
- This study aims to supplement earlier CELADE (Population Division of ECLAC) contributions to the effort to move towards an international convention on the human rights of older persons. It developes the conceptual and theoretical mode...
- Impact of health education on health-related quality of life among elderly persons: results from a community-based intervention study in rural Bangladesh
- Health Promotion International, 2009
- This study examines the change in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among (60 years) elderly persons as a result of health education intervention. A community based intervention study was performed in eight randomly selected vill...
- Unemployed Chilean women provide care to adults and improve the human capital of informal providers
- D. Bravo; E. Puentes / Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile, 2012
- The provision of elderly care is an issue of increasing importance in Latin American countries. This paper analyses the relationship between providing informal care to adults and labour outcomes in Chile - a middle-income Latin Americ...
- Global Pension Systems and Their Reform Worldwide Drivers, Trends, and Challenges
- R. Holzmann / Social Protection and Labour, World Bank, 2012
- Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by shifting objectives, moving reform needs, and a changing enabling environment. The ongoing worldwide financial crisis and the adjustment to ...
- ICT enabled independent living for elderly
- K. Gaßner 2010
- We are living in the midst of an unprecedented transition: the rapid ageing of the inhabitants of the industrialised world, accompanied by a diminishing number of young people. Figures in the Green Paper on Demographic Change launched...
- Ageing and the protection of human rights: current situation and outlook
- S Huenchuan / United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012
- This study aims to supplement earlier CELADE (Population Division of ECLAC) contributions to the effort to move towards an international convention on the human rights of older persons. It developes the conceptual and theoretical mode...
- Impact of health education on health-related quality of life among elderly persons: results from a community-based intervention study in rural Bangladesh
- Health Promotion International, 2009
- This study examines the change in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among (60 years) elderly persons as a result of health education intervention. A community based intervention study was performed in eight randomly selected vill...
- Unemployed Chilean women provide care to adults and improve the human capital of informal providers
- D. Bravo; E. Puentes / Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile, 2012
- The provision of elderly care is an issue of increasing importance in Latin American countries. This paper analyses the relationship between providing informal care to adults and labour outcomes in Chile - a middle-income Latin Americ...
- Global Pension Systems and Their Reform Worldwide Drivers, Trends, and Challenges
- R. Holzmann / Social Protection and Labour, World Bank, 2012
- Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by shifting objectives, moving reform needs, and a changing enabling environment. The ongoing worldwide financial crisis and the adjustment to ...
- Developing Asia’s Pension Systems and Old-Age Income Support
- Asian Development Bank Institute, 2012
- Old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East and Southeast Asia. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of pension systems in the People’s R...
- Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China
- Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, 2012
- Older people sufer height shrinkage during ageing. Adult height, as a marker of childhood health, has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between childhood health and health outcomes at older ages. However, measu...
- Population Ageing and the Non-communicable Diseases
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2012
- Susceptibility to Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) increases with age. As populations age, NCDs cause a growing proportion of all deaths. Rapid reductions in fertility combined with improvements in survival lead to population ageing, ...
- Policy planning for an ageing population
- World Economic Forum, 2012
- If policy-makers and leaders fail to plan adequately for the changes ahead, they will be inundated by the effects of global ageing, such as a dearth of workers, strained pension systems, and overburdened health care systems. This book...
- A snapshot of world population trends, 2011
- B. Crossette (ed); R. Kollodge; A. Toure / United Nations Population Fund, 2011
- This report provides a snapshot of how a number of countries are facing diverse demographic challenges, ranging from ageing populations to high fertility rates, and from urbanisation to the emergence of new generations of young people...
- Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe (CSESCE)
- An academic research institute, the Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe forms a focal point for research concerned with the implications of globalisation, integration, liberalisation, technological change, innovation, entrepreneurship and the evolution of institutions.
- Indian Journal of Psychiatry (IJP)
- The Indian Journal of Psychiatry is an official publication of the Indian Psychiatric Society. The IJP publishes original work in all the fields of psychiatry. All papers are peer-reviewed before publication.
- UK Government Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Department of the UK government.
- The Aged Family Uganda (TAFU)
- The Aged Family Uganda (TAFU) is an NGO advocating for and providing support to older persons in Uganda. It is a founding member of a National Network of Older Persons Organisations (NNOPU) in Uganda to provide a more powerful voice for older persons. TAFU operates a hospital home care service and has managed income generating projects to support older women, HIV and AIDS p...
- The Century Foundation
- The Century Foundation is a nonprofit public policy research institution committed to the belief that a mix of effective government, open democracy, and free markets is the most effective solution to the major challenges facing the United States. Efforts focus particularly on four basic challenges facing the United States: persistent economic inequality combined with...
- Department of Business and Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark
- The research in Social Sciences at the University of Southern Denmark covers : business economics, economics, human resource management and entrepreneurship, European studies, international marketing and global consumer culture, political science and public management, law and journalism. Faculty also incorporates research groups focusing on rural research, maritime research and border...
- Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
- Demographic research orgainisation
- Middle East Youth Initiative
- The initiative blends activities in an attempt to bridge the divide between thinkers and practitioners by utilising robust research as a foundation for effective policy and programs. The initiative has three complementary pillars: Research and Policy The initiateive aims to advance understanding of economic and social issues to promote solutions for the in...
- FairPensions
- Charity campaigning for responsible pensions
- Department of Social Development, Republic of South Africa
- Office of South African government,committed to the agenda of social transformation that is embodied in the principle of social justice and the Bill of Rights contained in SA Constitution. Their task is to develop and monitor the implementation of social policy that both creates an enabling environment for and leads to the reduction in poverty.
