- Impact of non-contributory pensions upon the wellbeing, participation and security of older people
- HelpAge International, 2003
- Pensions play a key role in old age support systems, but research and debate on pension policy has so far focused on contributory pension programmes. Noncontributory pension programmes can be found in only a handful of developing coun...
- HIV/AIDS and social security scenarios: the effects on migration
- F. Docquiera; O. Fayeb; O. Paddison / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper assesses the occurrence of HIV in Africa and its implications on both old-age support schemes and the two-tier economic structure in developing countries. It models a two-sector economy in a three-period overlapping generat...
- Alleviating poverty caused by HIV/AIDS via old age pensions
- H. Legido-Quigley / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper seeks to explore some pressing issues related to the consequences of the old age pension in households affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The paper examines the policy of the South African government to provide th...
- How are the elderly in Mexico going to fund their old age?
- J. Melendez / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper addresses the issue of the structures of wages and employment in Mexico in the light of their aging population. Using quarterly data from the National Urban Employment Survey covering the period 1987-1999, several key param...
- Cash-transfer programmes combat poverty in the elderly and stimulate economic activity in Africa and Latin America
- A. Barrientos; P. Lloyd-Sherlock / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper considers existing non-contributory pension programmes, or more accurately cash transfers for the old, in Africa and Latin America. It evaluates their impact on poverty and vulnerability of the old, on aggregate poverty, an...
- Financial provisions for old age in Singapore and Malaysia
- K. Caraher / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper compares the approaches to income provision for old age taken by both Singapore and Malaysia. Findings: individual savings alone do not represent the best option for income security into old age ...
- Addressing the social security burden of India's ageing population
- R.K.A. Subrahmanya / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper examines India’s social security problems in relation to its ageing population and offers suggestions of how this may become less of a burden. The paper demonstrates that there are at present several schemes for...
- What chance for the newly introduced social security system in Indonesia?
- T. Setiabudhi / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper examines the case of Indonesia, a country without a social security system up until now. It argues that Indonesia will face a very difficult situation if the ageing population continues to increase as in 15 years time older...
- Ageing and social security in Brazil
- M. Matijascic; R.P. Calsavara / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This report examines Brazil’s social security system and challenges some long held assumptions. Findings include: in contrast to statements made in the mainstream debate during the 1990s, Brazilian social se...
- The levels of migration required for Europeans to maintain a certain per capita GDP growth level
- M. Cichon; F. Leger; R. Knop / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper attempts to assess what migratory inflows would be required if Europeans were to maintain a certain per capita GDP growth level (i.e. a proxy for the standard of living) over the coming decades. The reasoning is that if per...
- Reforming Indonesia's Pension System
- Chad Leechor / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- Key options for reforming Indonesia's pension system: reshape the mandatory defined contribution plan (Jamsostek), make employer sponsored pensions more attractive and affordable, and contain the fiscal burden of civil service plans (...
- Husbands still have final say on family planning issues
- M. Francis-Chizororo; N. Wekwete; M. Matshaka / Family Health International, 1999
- Explores the roles of husbands and mothers-in-law in reproductive decision-making and women’s participation in development. It addresses the question of whether women and their families believe lower fertility should enable young...
- 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.
- Gender and aging: demographic dimensions
- International Programs Center, Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1997
- Women are the majority of the older population in virtually all nations and face different circumstances and challenges than men as they age. Older women are more likely to be widowed, to live alone, and to live in poverty. Older wome...
- Old age security reform in China
- International Programs Center, Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1995
- China is undertaking a major revamping of its old age security system because it is faced with a falling proportion of workers to pensioners, declining income replacement levels, precarious and diminishing coverage of the labor force ...
- Pension reform in Latin America : quick fixes or sustainable reform?
- Sri-Ram Aiyer / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- Pension reform and private pension funds in Peru and Colombia
- Monika Queisser / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- Pension reform in Bolivia : innovative solutions to common problems
- Hermann Von Gersdorff / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- The Argentine pension reform and its relevance for Eastern Europe
- Dimitri Vittas / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- Discussion of the reforms undertaken in the Latin American pension system and the relevance of the Argentine experience to Eastern European countries.
- Fiscal adjustments in transition economies : social transfers and the efficiency of public spending : a comparison with OECD countries
- Barbara Fakin; Alain de Crombrugghe / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi
- The Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation is Malawi Government's main planning agency responsible for national economic and development planning, and monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic issues in the country. Its main mandate is to provide professional advice and technical support to Government and the public on economic and social policy development and management so as to achi...
- University of Western Australia
- Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on the Second Review and Appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2012
- Review of Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing
- Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Ageing Society (LEPAS)
- The EU member countries will be increasingly populated by older people. Nearly 25 percent of people in the European Union in 2030 can be above age 65, up from about 17 percent in 2005. Europe's old-age dependency ratio (the number of people age 65 and older compared with the number of working-age people ages 15-64) could more than double by 2050, from one in every four to fewer than one in every t...
- Department of Economics, Towson University
- 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...
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