- Statistical data for Asia
- Asian Development Bank Institute, 2002
- Annual publication available online and in print. It features 31 regional tables that compare the Millenium Development Goals, economic, financial, and other social indicators across the 40 developing member countries of ADB. I...
- Civil society working with and for the elderly in Eastern and Central Europe
- HelpAge International, 2002
- Document drawing on HelpAge International’s experience of engagement with the East and Central European Network (ECEN) of civil society organisations working with and for older people. It aims to provide decision-makers wi...
- Raising UK State Pension Age could point the way out of the current pensions crisis
- A. O'Connell / Pension Policy Institute, UK, 2001
- Review of the issues around the unpopular idea of raising the age at which the older population in the UK receive a pension from the state. Author suggests that as people are living significantly longer, health and job prospect...
- Putting age onto the development agenda - recognising the ability of older people to contribute to society
- Second World Assembly on Ageing, 2002, 2002
- The Madrid Plan lists the objectives and recommendations determined by the Second World Assembly on Ageing 2002. Three main priorites are presented older persons and development advancing health and well...
- How deaths from AIDS of younger family members can affect the elderly: evidence from Tanzania
- J. Dayton; M. Ainsworth / Population Council, USA, 2002
- This paper, published by the Population Council, examines the effects on the elderly of the death from AIDS of prime-aged adults, using household survey data from northwestern Tanzania in 1991-94. The paper reveals that a significant ...
- Lifestyle analysis of the elderly in Vietnam
- J. Knodel; T. S. Anh / Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2002
- Study provides a descriptive analysis of Vietnam’s older population based primarily on special tabulations from the 3 percent public use sample of the 1999 census. Conclusions from the census suggest that Vi...
- Report of the second World assembly on ageing
- United Nations Programme on Ageing, 2002
- Report produced as a consequence of the meeting of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid 2002 Contains procedures, resolutions and objectives adopted by the assembly, details of participating organisations, opening/closin...
- How caring for relatives with HIV/AIDS affects the elderly in Thailand
- J. Kespichayawattana; M. VanLandingham / Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on Older Persons, 2002
- An emerging literature indicates that parents are main caregivers to persons with HIV and AIDS (PHAs) in Thailand, especially during the late stages of illness. Very little research has examined whether and to what extent this caregiv...
- Outcomes of a meeting of gerontological researchers, educators and providers, giving an evidence base in support of the International Plan of Action on Ageing 2002
- Valencia Forum on Research and Ageing, 2002
- This report, submitted to the Second World Assembly on Ageing, offers support for the World Assembly’s deliberations by providing perspectives, reflections and advice for the global scientific, educator and practitioner gerontolo...
- How the advent of globalisation has brought a fresh urgency to the task of producing an international plan of action on ageing
- C. Phillipson / Valencia Forum on Research and Ageing, 2002
- This paper reviews the challenge for an ageing society created by the rise of globalisation, as ageing can no longer be viewed as a ‘national’ problem or issue but one that affects transnational agencies and communities It f...
- 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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