- 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- This report includes a comprehensive review of existing research, both published and unpublished on the old in South Africa.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...
- 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...
- 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
- Models and theories of household are behaviour are unrealistic and of little use in the design of policies or projects
- P. Mattila-Wiro / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 1999
- The aim of this paper is to review the principal assumptions and aspects of the unitary household model and collective models of household behaviour. Empirical studies are presented to assess whether the theories can offer adequate de...
- Determinants and patterns of migration are best explained at a structural macrolevel
- D. Nayyar / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2000
- This article initially takes a historical look at international labour migration over the past fifty years and draws a distinction between different categories of labour flows in the contemporary world economy. The article stre...
- Liberalising foreign investments by pension funds: positive and normative aspects
- Helmut Reisen / OECD Development Centre, 1997
- The paper evaluates the economics of foreign investment regulation for pension funds, with a focus on developing countries, where fully-funded pension systems are being started de novo. The analysis produces three observations. First,...
- 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 ...
- Pension Reform: Lessons from Latin America
- M. Queisser / OECD Development Centre, 1999
- There are benefits from Latin American pension reform, but they have been overestimated. The approaches taken in second-generation reforms and their still early results hold lessons for OECD and non-OECD countries alike. A partial shi...
- Pension Fund Investment from Ageing to Emerging Markets
- B. Fischer; H. Reisen / OECD Development Centre, 1994
- The rapid ageing of populations in the rich economies can be expected to stimulate strong growth in private funded pensions, providing a massive potential of foreign finance for developing countries. Pension managers can reap big dive...
- 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 (...
- Stock market development and financial intermediaries : stylized facts
- Demirguc - Kunt Asli; R Levine / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
- The three most developed stock markets are in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and the most underdeveloped markets are in Colombia, Nigeria, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. Markets tend to be more developed in richer countri...
- New Systems for Old Age Security: Theory, Practice, and Empirical Evidence
- E. James / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- Initial empirical investigations suggest that countries concerned about growth should consider pension reform a potentially powerful tool for improving the welfare of both old and young. James summarizes the major findings and ...
- 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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