Domestic finance
- 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 countries today is affordable. ...
- Mongolian social pension system works well but needs changes to be sustainable
- G. Mujahid; O.-E. Namdaldagva; O. Banzragch / Global Action on Aging, 2010
- The proportion of older persons in Mongolia (those aged 60 years and over) is currently estimated at less than 7 per, but this is expected to increase to nearly 25 per cent by 2050. This trend is due to declining levels of fertility a...
- India's demographic dividend will succeed if working-age people are productively employed
- D.E. Bloom / Harvard School of Public Health, 2011
- India’s population is currently growing at a rate of 1.4% per year, far surpassing China’s rate of 0.7%. This differential will result in India's population size overtaking China's in less than 20 years. This author review...
- Effects of Chinese and Vietnamese agriculture policies on growth
- C. Tisdell / AgEcon Search, 2010
- This paper discusses and compares the consequences for agriculture of economic growth and transition in Vietnam and China. The author states that China and Vietnam have experienced similar adjustments in their agricultural sectors and...
- Impact of imports and exports on inflation and how to encourage inflation-reducing factors in Nigeria
- O.E. Ayinde; G.B. Olatunji; O.A. Omotesho / AgEcon Search, 2010
- This study examines the factors affecting inflation in Nigeria, where continuous increases in prices are among the most serious economic problem in the country. Considering the urban, rural and combined consumer price index in Nigeria...
- Trade agreements: South Africa is to lose in agriculture but to gain in total
- R. Sandrey; H.G. Jensen; T. Fundira / Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2010
- This publication examines the trading implications of extending the current preferential trading agreement (PTA) between the Southern African Custom Union (SACU) and MERCOSUR to a full free trade agreement (FTA). The author...
- Ensuring old age security in India using a mix of public and private provision
- D.E. Bloom; A. Mahal; L. Rosenberg; J. Sevilla / Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2010
- Life expectancy in India is rising steadily. However, a combination of migration out of rural areas and the continued concentration of the working population in the informal sector, means there is a pressing need for better econ...
- Social transfers accelerate progress towards the MDGs, but the elderly are still not being recognised as a priority
- A. Walker Bourne; F. Morgan / HelpAge International, 2010
- Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty...
- How much universal pensions might cost in Latin America
- J.-J. Dethier; P. Pestieau; R. Ali / Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, 2010
- Alleviating old age poverty requires a different approach from other age groups. This paper examines the impact on old age poverty and the fiscal cost of universal minimum old age pensions in Latin America using recent household surve...
- How have the Public Expenditure Management (PEM) reforms performed in Malawi?
- L. Chirwa / National Research Council of Malawi, 2007
- 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 countries today is affordable. ...
- Mongolian social pension system works well but needs changes to be sustainable
- G. Mujahid; O.-E. Namdaldagva; O. Banzragch / Global Action on Aging, 2010
- The proportion of older persons in Mongolia (those aged 60 years and over) is currently estimated at less than 7 per, but this is expected to increase to nearly 25 per cent by 2050. This trend is due to declining levels of fertility a...
- India's demographic dividend will succeed if working-age people are productively employed
- D.E. Bloom / Harvard School of Public Health, 2011
- India’s population is currently growing at a rate of 1.4% per year, far surpassing China’s rate of 0.7%. This differential will result in India's population size overtaking China's in less than 20 years. This author review...
- Effects of Chinese and Vietnamese agriculture policies on growth
- C. Tisdell / AgEcon Search, 2010
- This paper discusses and compares the consequences for agriculture of economic growth and transition in Vietnam and China. The author states that China and Vietnam have experienced similar adjustments in their agricultural sectors and...
- Impact of imports and exports on inflation and how to encourage inflation-reducing factors in Nigeria
- O.E. Ayinde; G.B. Olatunji; O.A. Omotesho / AgEcon Search, 2010
- This study examines the factors affecting inflation in Nigeria, where continuous increases in prices are among the most serious economic problem in the country. Considering the urban, rural and combined consumer price index in Nigeria...
- Trade agreements: South Africa is to lose in agriculture but to gain in total
- R. Sandrey; H.G. Jensen; T. Fundira / Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2010
- This publication examines the trading implications of extending the current preferential trading agreement (PTA) between the Southern African Custom Union (SACU) and MERCOSUR to a full free trade agreement (FTA). The author...
- Ensuring old age security in India using a mix of public and private provision
- D.E. Bloom; A. Mahal; L. Rosenberg; J. Sevilla / Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2010
- Life expectancy in India is rising steadily. However, a combination of migration out of rural areas and the continued concentration of the working population in the informal sector, means there is a pressing need for better econ...
- Social transfers accelerate progress towards the MDGs, but the elderly are still not being recognised as a priority
- A. Walker Bourne; F. Morgan / HelpAge International, 2010
- Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty...
- How much universal pensions might cost in Latin America
- J.-J. Dethier; P. Pestieau; R. Ali / Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, 2010
- Alleviating old age poverty requires a different approach from other age groups. This paper examines the impact on old age poverty and the fiscal cost of universal minimum old age pensions in Latin America using recent household surve...
- How have the Public Expenditure Management (PEM) reforms performed in Malawi?
- L. Chirwa / National Research Council of Malawi, 2007
- India Post
- Indian Government department running postal services, part of Department of Post, Ministry of Communications & IT.
- BBVA Research (BBVA)
- Research wing of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, a multinational banking and financial services organisation. Originally Spanish, it has a major presence in Latin America. Research outputs cover: Macroeconomic Analysis Sectorial Analysis Global Trends Pensions
- Global Extension of Social Security
- GESS is a global knowledge sharing platform on the extension of social security and aims to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, capture and document experiences, identify knowledge gaps, create new knowledge and promote innovation. To achieve this goal, GESS relies on the contributions of its users and the dialogue and exchange between them. This platform, developed and r...
- Retirement Security Project, Brookings
- The Retirement Security Project is dedicated to promoting solutions to improve the retirement income prospects of millions of American workers. Nearly half of all workers do not have access to an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan, those that do often fail to participate. To address these trends, RSP proposes research-based policies aimed at helping middle- and low-income Americans prepare...
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Organisation collecting data on the people and economy of the United States. Data includes: Population & Housing Census - every 10 years Economic Census - every 5 years American Communtity Survey - annually Other demographic & economic surveys Economic Indicators - each indicator is released on a specific...
- PensionReforms
- Online resource centre covering pensions issues. Site contains collections of papers searchable by country, topic, author(s), institution producing the publication, year published. Site is run by Retirement Policy and Research Centre, School of Business at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- Retirement Policy and Research Centre (RPRC)
- New Zealand's ageing population poses many economic challenges. The RPRC is an academically focused centre specialising in the economic issues of demographic change. The RPRC's sphere of interest includes public provision of retirement income (New Zealand superannuation) and the accumulation and decumulation phases of retirement saving. International debate is facilitated through pensionreforms, a...
- Population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS
- The population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS project was funded by the ESRC and ran from August 2005 until November 2006. Hosted at University of Sheffield. Website includes briefing notes: Project Outline Briefing Note 1 Methodology Briefing Note 1a Elderly Headed Households Profile Briefing Note 2...
- Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics (CHILD)
- Promotes the collaboration of researchers in the field of population and household economics with a particular interest to the relationships between households, within households and between the family and the state by organising conferences, seminars and research on these themes. Acts as a network for the activities of five Italian universities.
- Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
- The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) is a cross-national data archive located in Luxembourg. The LIS archive contains two primary databases. The LIS Database includes income microdata from a large number of countries at multiple points in time. The newer LWS Database includes wealth microdata from a smaller selection of countries. Both databases include labour market and demographic data as wel...
