Ageing populations
- Understanding poverty among the elderly in India: implications for social pension policy
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Households with elderly members do not have higher poverty rates than non-elderly households, according to this paper on Indian pension policies. But economic growth, higher remittances, better health care or an increase in social pension benefits could all serve to improve the chances that the poor survive to old age. Therefore, paradoxically , this could increase the proportion and number of poor elderly. This happens because the old are alive to be counted in the denominators that determine poverty.
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- Living long enough to be counted - poverty levels in Indian households
- ( S. Pal;R. Palacios / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2008)
- Cash transfers to the poor elderly as social pensions are one of the most important anti-poverty programmes operating in India today. In 2007, the Government of India announced that changes to eligibi...
- Population and power - how world security might change in the coming decades
- ( R. Jackson;N. Howe / Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington , 2008)
- The report assesses how population ageing and population decline in the developed world may affect the ability of the United States and its traditional allies to maintain national and global security....
- Exploration of issues in intergenerational relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa
- ( A. Oduaran / Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2007)
- This paper explores dominant issues and opportunities for intergenerational relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa, and identifies the implications for policy adaptation and research. Placing the e...
- Prolonging independent living for the elderly through new technologies
- ( L.L. Barrett / American Association of Retired Persons International Section , 2008)
- Older adults and family caregivers are willing to use new technologies (such as telemedicine and telepharmacy) that can allow people to remain independent - and in their own homes - as they age. This ...
Has China’s economic growth led to improved welfare for families?
- ( Guifen Luo / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development , 2007)
- Based on interviews with rural-urban migrants in Anhui and Sichuan provinces of China, this paper focuses on the coping strategies adopted by Chinese rural-urban migrant families to deal with the tens...
- Ways to improve the supervision of private pension systems
- ( International Organisation of Pension Supervisors , 2007)
- This series of four working papers highlights a range of challenges to be met in the development of national pension supervisory systems....
- Credit crunch Baby Boomers are robbing Peter to pay Paul
- ( House Financial Services Committee (U.S Government) , 2007)
- This is a transcript of a U.S. House of Representatives hearing that focused on credit card issues facing older consumers, causing rising levels of personal debt, especially among fixed-income older A...
- Chilean disability benefits system offers lessons for other countries
- ( E. James;A. Iglesias;A. Cox Edwards / Social Protection and Labour, World Bank , 2008)
- Social security systems in many countries face problems of high and escalating disability costs. The disability insurance system in Chile is less well-known than the old age pension system, but it is ...
- Highlighting concerns about elder abuse and neglect in New Zealand
- ( K. Peri;Dr. J. Fanslow;Dr. J. Hand;J. Parsons / Families Commission, New Zealand , 2008)
- This report from New Zealand gathers the views of a wide range of different organisations, individuals and experts on how and why elder abuse and neglect occurs and what can be done to prevent it....
- The official poverty measure in the United States fails to reflect modern day spending needs
- ( B.A. Butrica;D. Murphy;S.R. Zedlewski / Center for Retirement Research, Boston College , 2007)
- The dramatic decline in the official poverty rate of adults age 65 and older over the last four decades in the United States leads many to assume that reducing poverty among older adults need not be a...
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