- AIDS and the elderly in Zimbabwe - a case study
- Agyarko. R. deGraft / Ageing and Life Course (WHO), 2002
- Pilot project in Zimbabwe. A mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods was designed, tested and applied to provide statistical and qualitative information on the role of older people in HIV/AIDS-related care, and on the bur...
- How the HIV/AIDS pandemic affects the old
- HelpAge International, 2002
- Leaflet explaining the situation and role of older people in the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa. It goes on to describe recommendations regarding policy, research, information, advocacy and direct support. Document lists why HIV/A...
- 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...
- Recommendations for the health and well being of the older population
- United Nations Population Fund, 2002
- Report generated form Expert Group Meeting on Population Ageing and Development, held in Valletta, Malta on 29-31 October 2001. The Expert Group Meeting considered various approaches to alleviating poverty in old age, especiall...
- Problems with transport create a barrier to older women and men in accessing basic social services and local activities
- HelpAge International, 2002
- Paper highlighting findings of consultations held by HelpAge International with older women and men in over 30 countries in the run up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (Madrid, April 2002. Transport was repeatedly referred to as...
- How older people can influence policy and monitor practice
- HelpAge International, 2002
- The importance of older people’s direct involvement in conducting their own analysis and using their knowledge in advocacy and decision-making is increasingly recognised. Participatory research methods developed, adapted and reco...
- Global trends and indicators of the ageing process
- United Nations Population Division, 2002
- This report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries. It looks at following subject areas:...
- Key indicators on an ageing population
- United Nations Population Division, 2001
- Population data in form of wall chart. It covers key indicators, such as the number and percentage of older persons, life expectancy at age 60, statutory retirement age, the percentage of older people in the labour force, the potentia...
- Pension reform on Uruguay and Chile
- J Papadópulos / Universidad ORT, Uruguay, 2002
- This document explores the effect of specialized social knowledge on pension systems reform , so exploring the process of policy making. The paper argues that economical and political structural variables determine policy changes, but...
- Strategies for daling with population ageing
- American Association of Retired Persons International Section, 2002
- This paper examines the challenges and opportunities posed by global population ageing. Although it relies on examples from the United States, where appropriate or available, data from other countries, especially in more developed reg...
- How best to measure pension adequacy
- A.G. Grech / Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and R, 2013
- Though the main benchmark used to assess pension reforms continues to be the expected resulting fall in future government spending, the impact of policy changes on pension adequacy is increasingly coming to the for...
- The design and implementation of public pension systems in developing countries: Issues and options
- Program on the Global Demography of Aging, 2013
- Developing countries are increasingly aware of the need to design and implement improvements in public systems for providing pensions to the elderly. Such systems may aim to smooth consumption and thus provide reliable income to older...
- China’s pension system: a vision
- World Bank, 2013
- China is facing a dramatic ageing process and demographic transition as a result of declines in fertility combined with significant increases in longevity. Old-age dependency ratios are therefore projected to almost triple over three ...
- Nutrition interventions for older people in emergencies
- HelpAge International, 2013
- In emergency situations, older people may find it hard to access food. For example, when they are displaced, older people may face difficulties in registering for the general food rations, meet challenges in accessing food distributio...
- Asia’s demographic transition will adversely affect its economic growth
- D. Park; K. Shin / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- Population ageing affects growth through savings, capital accumulation, labour force participation, and total factor productivity. This paper examines the impact of ageing on those four channels in 12 developing Asian economies that c...
- Rapid population ageing means challenges for Myanmar
- HelpAge International, 2013
- Myanmar’s population is beginning to age rapidly. According to UN projections, by 2050 older people will comprise a quarter of Myanmar’s total population. Shortly after 2035, persons aged 60 and older will outnumber ...
- Experiences of matching defined contribution pension schemes
- World Bank, 2013
- Matching defined contribution schemes are gaining popularity in both rich and poor countries as a promising means to reduce gaps in the participation in formal pension systems. Matching contributions by employers, the government, or b...
- Youthquake: will Melanesian democracy be sunk by demography?
- Pacific Institute of Public Policy, 2010
- One area where there is similarity between the Middle East and Melanesia is demographics. Both have large, youthful populations that are tired of the status quo and leaders who have failed to manage change, including generational chan...
- Slowing population growth in Malawi is essential for poverty reduction strategies to work
- Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi, 2012
- Malawi adds over 400,000 people each year to its population. Without a reduction in the average number of births per woman, health, education and employment services will be overstretched. This trend will continue to challenge the cou...
- Old age support in rural China
- F. Cai; J. Giles; P.O. Keefe / World Bank, 2012
- Although average incomes in China have risen dramatically since the 1980s, concerns are increasing that the rural elderly have not benefited from growth to the same extent as younger people and the urban elderly. This book explores th...
- 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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