Pensions
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- Pensions in Asia and the Pacific
- ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2012)
- In addition to giving insights on the sustainability of public pensions and the pressures they face with the mounting demographic issues, Pensions at a Glance – Asia/Pacific Edition 2011 aims to...
- Social protection programmes do not focus on the needs of the elderly
- ( D.E. Bloom;E. Jimenez;L. Rosenberg / Harvard Initiative for Global Health , 2011)
- Despite the growth and extent of social protection programmes (SP) in both developed and developing countries, most emerging economies have systems that are only just coming into existence. Subs...
- Brazil's social security system is not sustainable in its current form
- ( R. Alves de Mesquita;G. Balbinotto Neto / National Association of Postgraduate Centers in Economics, Brazil , 2011)
- In two decades Brazil has built a comprehensive welfare state, but it is very costly and ill prepared to face the ageing of the Brazilian population - by 2050 Brazilians 65 or older will represe...
- Have households with older people in South Africa and Brazil managed to reduce their poverty gaps?
- ( A. Barrientos;J. Mase / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester , 2011)
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The knowledge gap relating to the dynamics of wellbeing and poverty among older households
in developing countries has direct implications for policy. In general, South Africa and Brazil lack ... - Pension reform in Argentina made positive outcomes in terms of growth, labour-market and poverty-improvement
- ( M.L. Alzua;H. Ruffo / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2011)
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In 1994, Argentina introduced Pensions Reform and Unemployment Benefits as a major reform component to its social security system. This paper analyses the effect of introducing new individual accou...
- Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan need to unite contributory pensions and social assistance if the elderly are to be protected
- ( E. Mikkonen-Jeanneret;R. Rayapova;N. Yefimov (ed) / HelpAge International , 2011)
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Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan face the simultaneous challenges of a ballooning informal labour force and an ageing population. Pension systems will have difficulty providing adequate social protection ...
Natural disasters and political unrest in Sudan reinforce the need for stable social security systems
- ( I.A.W. Mohamed / Munich Personal RePEc Archive , 2011)
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‘Social Protection Floor’ means an access to essential services and social transfers for the poor and vulnerable. Sudan, the author of this report argues, embodies the necessity for suc...
- Cost of universal pensions in developing countries is affordable
- ( C. Knox-Vydmanov / HelpAge International , 2011)
- Social pensions are a vehicle for reducing the poverty of the population as a whole. This paper reviews the cost of universal pensions, suggesting that the cost of universal pensions in developing cou...
- Are social protection management information systems only software and hardware?
- ( R. Chirchir;S. Kidd / HelpAge International , 2011)
- Management information systems (MISs) are core to the design of social protection schemes. This working paper examines good practice in the design of MISs for social protection. The paper argues that ...
- Perspectives on the human rights of the elderly in India
- ( Agewell Foundation , 2011)
- The population of India has approximately tripled during the last 50 years, but the number of elderly Indians has increased more than fourfold. Better medical facilities, care and liberal family...
