- 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...
- Ageing, Solidarity and Social Protection: Time to Move Towards Equality
- United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012
- This document analyses the outlook for population ageing and advocates mainstreaming this issue into the public agenda. It introduces its central theme of equality and ageing. Concepts are presented and analysed, with particular empha...
- What is the Role of Social Pensions in Asia?
- A. Barrientos / Asian Development Bank Institute, 2012
- There is growing interest among policymakers in the potential role of noncontributory transfers as an instrument to address a variety of policy challenges, including old age poverty and vulnerability, rapid population ageing, the effe...
- Impact Assessment of Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in India (2011/2012)
- Agewell Foundation, 2012
- Review of the impacts of the MIPAA in terms of what actions the Government of India has undertaken in the ten years since the plan was approved. The report argues that whilst the population of older persons in India is increasing rapi...
- Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI)
- CARDI is a not for profit organisation developed by leaders from the ageing field across Ireland (North and South) including age focused researchers, academics, statutory, voluntary and community sector representatives. It aims to advocate for and advance the ageing research agenda by identifying, coordinating, stimulating, and communicating strategic research on ageing and older peopl...
- A global view on demographic pressure and labour market participation
- L. Groot / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2011
- Demographic change across the globe puts pressure on labour markets and public finances. Most studies on ageing focus on the projected development of the old age dependency ratio - the ratio of persons 65 or older relative to the work...
- Ageing, Solidarity and Social Protection: Time to Move Towards Equality
- United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012
- This document analyses the outlook for population ageing and advocates mainstreaming this issue into the public agenda. It introduces its central theme of equality and ageing. Concepts are presented and analysed, with particular empha...
- What is the Role of Social Pensions in Asia?
- A. Barrientos / Asian Development Bank Institute, 2012
- There is growing interest among policymakers in the potential role of noncontributory transfers as an instrument to address a variety of policy challenges, including old age poverty and vulnerability, rapid population ageing, the effe...
- Impact Assessment of Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in India (2011/2012)
- Agewell Foundation, 2012
- Review of the impacts of the MIPAA in terms of what actions the Government of India has undertaken in the ten years since the plan was approved. The report argues that whilst the population of older persons in India is increasing rapi...
- A global view on demographic pressure and labour market participation
- L. Groot / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2011
- Demographic change across the globe puts pressure on labour markets and public finances. Most studies on ageing focus on the projected development of the old age dependency ratio - the ratio of persons 65 or older relative to the work...
- Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe
- G. A. Grech / Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and R, 2011
- Spurred by the ageing transition, many governments have made wide-ranging reforms, dramatically changing Europe?s pensions landscape. Nevertheless there remain concerns about future costs, while unease about adequacy is growing. This ...
- Bargaining with grandma: the impact of the South African pension on household decision making
- K Ambler / Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2011
- The expansion of the South African old age pension is interesting to economists firstly because extent to which this money effectively increases the well-being of those who receive it is an important question for a policymaking, but a...
- Food insecurity in Jamaica and St Lucia - is it a matter of unhealthy dietary patterns?
- P. Karfakis; C.R. Løvendal; K.T. Jakobsen / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011
- The food systems and the nature of food security problems in the Caribbean countries are gradually changing. This paper explores two different aspects of food security, namely undernourishment and overweight in the two Caribbean Islan...
- Deprivation and vulnerability among elderly in India
- S. Prasad / Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2011
- The Indian aged population is currently the second largest in the world next to that of china. The absolute number of the population aged over 60 in India is predicted to increase from 77 million in 2001 to 137 million by 2021. This p...
- Demographics Of Aging In India: An Abstract
- P. Visaria 2008
- The continuing population growth in India during the past 50 years has been accompanied by a marked increase in the number of the aged (persons aged 60 and above). According to the decennial censuses, the number of aged has increased ...
- Pakistan’s Population Prospects
- M. Kugelman / Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2011
- Pakistan’s future is closely tied to the fate of its mushrooming population. What must Pakistan do to produce a favourable demographic outcome for itself – and why does this constitute such a formidable challenge? This art...
- Resources for Retirement
- Pension plan advisors
- UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
- Adult and lifelong learning promotion
- International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS)
- Independent pension supervisors
- House Financial Services Committee (U.S Government)
- Government committee covering financial services in the United States
- The Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute (ADSRI)
- Demographic research organisation
- Families Commission, New Zealand
- The Families Commission is an autonomous Crown agency set up in July 2004 to actively speak out for better policies, services and support for all New Zealand families and wh?nau (extended families).
- Age UK
- Campaigning and support for the elderly in the UK
- Pew Hispanic Center
- Research into Hispanic influnces on the United states
- Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé / Institute for Research and Information In Health Economics (IRDES)
- Health economics research organisation
- Tsao Foundation
- Asian ageing NGO
