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New key issues guide: Growth and equity

This guide examines different perspectives on the interaction between economic growth, equity and human development. It introduces the key debates and provides access to a range of specially selected resources allowing the reader to gain a more in depth overview of the issues.

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How the Indian pension system falls behind the OECD benchmark: ( R.K. Jha;S. Bhattacharyya / Munich Personal RePEc Archive , 2010); In India the lack of a wide social security net has serious implications for well-being of aged, poor people who are unable to meet their old age needs. India’s workforce is largely based in uno...
How to create a multi-pillar pension system in Peru: ( J. Olivera / Society for the Study of Economic Inequality , 2010); Peru created the Private Pension system (SPP) in 1993, without dismantling its old defined benefit system (the National Pension System, SNP). However, members of the SPP (those who previously be...
Fallout from the financial crisis will change the landscape for finance and growth over the next 10 years: ( World Bank , 2010); Developing countries facing higher borrowing costs, lower credit levels, and reduced international capital flows. 2010's Global Economic Prospects report examines the consequences of the financial cri...
Labour markets will continue to struggle despite signs of economic growth: ( International Labour Organization , 2010); Even though the global economy appeared to start growing again during the closing months of 2009, labour markets showed little sign of improving. The number of unemployed persons is estimated at 212 m...
Livelihoods and poverty alleviation in Sri Lanka: ( F. Azmi / Norwegian University of Science and Technology , 2008); The study aims to recognise the important role played by different generations of settlers who are in the process of making changes to alleviate poverty and attain their various objectives in Sri Lank...
A simple and cost-effective pension system in that could be scaled up to national level: ( C. Knox / HelpAge International , 2009); The Government of Zambia, via its Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS), has been running a set of pilot cash transfers to test which could best form the basis of a national so...
Flawed data means the incidence of poverty in Greater Cairo is being severely under-estimated: ( S. Sabry / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2009); The way in which poverty is defined and measured influences who is considered to be poor, how the state responds and how successful the state responses are judged to be. As this paper aims to demon...
The need for an holistic approach to assure ageing is integrated in all policy fields: ( Project on Population Ageing, Economic Commission for Europe , 2009); This policy brief looks at how governments can integrate ageing-related issues into all policy fields in order to bring societies and economies in harmony with demographic change. It also addresses th...
The example of a universal social pension in Zanzibar could become a model for other countries in East Africa: ( A. Pearson / HelpAge International , 2009); Zanzibar runs a system of contributory pensions (the ZSSF) covering those employed in the public and formal sectors. But overall, only about 40 per cent of older people receive any form of cash ...
What is the impact of armed violence on poverty and development?: ( M. Turner;J. Ginifer;L. Cliffe / United Nations Development Programme , 2005); This paper examines the extent to which armed violence and small arms and light weapons possession and usage, impoverishes individuals, groups, societies and states. The paper offers suggestions on...