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American Indian elders are on the crest of a chronic disease epidemic: ( D.E. Satter;S.P. Wallace / Health Disparities Program, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research , 2010); The elderly population (age 55 and older) among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) is projected to increase from 5.5% of the total U.S. AIAN population in 1990 to 12.6% in 2050. Many are faili...
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...
Norwegian support to cultural heritage projects: ( D.J. Lonning;T. Magnussen;J. Helland / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation , 2009); This evaluation addresses the experiences of Norwegian support to the protection of cultural heritage in developing countries. The main emphasis of the paper is on institution-building and capacity bu...
Economic crisis threatens progress towards Education for All: ( Education for All, UNESCO , 2010); The aftershock of the global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world’s poorest countries of an education, the 2010 Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Repor...
The proportion of older persons in the world will double by 2050: ( Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2009); This report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries. This edit...
The need to focus on climate change in the Norwegian Embassy's programmes and projects in Ethiopia: ( H.O. Ibrekk;L.T. Traedal / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation , 2009); This review of the Norwegian Embassy’s portfolio in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia identifies possible ways and means of addressing / integrating appropriate climate change and environmental concerns in ...
Implementing REDD in Tanzania and Uganda: ( A. Vatn;P. Vedeld;J.G. Petursson / Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2009); This paper examines whether reduced emissions from forests – from deforestation and forest degradation (the REDD project) - should be included in a post-Kyoto agreement . It focuses on how ...

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