Ageing policies
- 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...
- Elders' clubs can help improve social participation and health promotion for an ageing population
- W.R. Holmes; J. Joseph / Globalization and Health, 2012
- Low and middle income countries are ageing at a much faster rate than richer countries, especially in Asia. This is happening at a time of globalisation, migration, urbanisation, and smaller families. Older people make significant con...
- The consequences of population aging - governments must plan for a looming labour shortage
- D.K. Foot / Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada, 2008
- The continued participation of older people in the economic life is a key factor to their own well-being as well as that of their nations on the whole. Covering Canada specifically, this paper looks at possible and appropriate policie...
- The developing world is “greying”: are its states prepared for the demographic shift?
- P. Shetty / The Lancet, 2012
- The proportion of older people is increasing in almost every country of the world but, by 2050, most will live in developing nations. This article wonders whether developing countries will be prepared for this demographic shift. ...
- Ageing, Human Rights and Public Policies
- S Huenchuan / United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010
- Two aspects of ageing of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean are of particular concern. One is that the population is ageing faster in the region than it did historically in developed countries. The other is the regional...
- Unemployed Chilean women provide care to adults and improve the human capital of informal providers
- D. Bravo; E. Puentes / Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile, 2012
- The provision of elderly care is an issue of increasing importance in Latin American countries. This paper analyses the relationship between providing informal care to adults and labour outcomes in Chile - a middle-income Latin Americ...
- Policy planning for an ageing population
- World Economic Forum, 2012
- If policy-makers and leaders fail to plan adequately for the changes ahead, they will be inundated by the effects of global ageing, such as a dearth of workers, strained pension systems, and overburdened health care systems. This book...
- How can Asian economies prepare for their ageing populations?
- S.-H. Lee; A. Mason; D. Park / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- Asia faces the challenge of population ageing. Youthful populations that contributed substantially to growth in the past are maturing and countries that currently have relatively youthful populations will also experience substantial g...
- Older people in emergencies are more vulnerable than others
- HelpAge International, 2011
- When disaster strikes, older people are among the most vulnerable to neglect, injury, death and disease, yet their needs are often overlooked. This report sets out the scale and nature of this problem and makes recommendations for cha...
- Addressing the impact of AIDS on older people in sub-Saharan Africa - lessons from HelpAge
- HelpAge International, 2011
- During the period 2006 – 2010, a regional HIV and AIDS advocacy programme was implemented in the sub Saharan African countries. In this respect, HelpAge and its partners undertook a number of activities under the thematic areas ...
- Elders' clubs can help improve social participation and health promotion for an ageing population
- W.R. Holmes; J. Joseph / Globalization and Health, 2012
- Low and middle income countries are ageing at a much faster rate than richer countries, especially in Asia. This is happening at a time of globalisation, migration, urbanisation, and smaller families. Older people make significant con...
- The consequences of population aging - governments must plan for a looming labour shortage
- D.K. Foot / Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada, 2008
- The continued participation of older people in the economic life is a key factor to their own well-being as well as that of their nations on the whole. Covering Canada specifically, this paper looks at possible and appropriate policie...
- The developing world is “greying”: are its states prepared for the demographic shift?
- P. Shetty / The Lancet, 2012
- The proportion of older people is increasing in almost every country of the world but, by 2050, most will live in developing nations. This article wonders whether developing countries will be prepared for this demographic shift. ...
- Ageing, Human Rights and Public Policies
- S Huenchuan / United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010
- Two aspects of ageing of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean are of particular concern. One is that the population is ageing faster in the region than it did historically in developed countries. The other is the regional...
- Unemployed Chilean women provide care to adults and improve the human capital of informal providers
- D. Bravo; E. Puentes / Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile, 2012
- The provision of elderly care is an issue of increasing importance in Latin American countries. This paper analyses the relationship between providing informal care to adults and labour outcomes in Chile - a middle-income Latin Americ...
- Policy planning for an ageing population
- World Economic Forum, 2012
- If policy-makers and leaders fail to plan adequately for the changes ahead, they will be inundated by the effects of global ageing, such as a dearth of workers, strained pension systems, and overburdened health care systems. This book...
- How can Asian economies prepare for their ageing populations?
- S.-H. Lee; A. Mason; D. Park / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- Asia faces the challenge of population ageing. Youthful populations that contributed substantially to growth in the past are maturing and countries that currently have relatively youthful populations will also experience substantial g...
- Older people in emergencies are more vulnerable than others
- HelpAge International, 2011
- When disaster strikes, older people are among the most vulnerable to neglect, injury, death and disease, yet their needs are often overlooked. This report sets out the scale and nature of this problem and makes recommendations for cha...
- Addressing the impact of AIDS on older people in sub-Saharan Africa - lessons from HelpAge
- HelpAge International, 2011
- During the period 2006 – 2010, a regional HIV and AIDS advocacy programme was implemented in the sub Saharan African countries. In this respect, HelpAge and its partners undertook a number of activities under the thematic areas ...
- EU aid guidelines uphold the rights of vulnerable groups, but older people’s rights are not mentioned
- HelpAge International, 2011
- Older people are some of the poorest of the world’s poor, where 100 million older men and women live on less than a dollar a day. This paper argues that the EU must rise to the challenge of poverty reduction by enabling older me...
- 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...
