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    Ageing New Zealand: the growing reliance on migrant caregivers

    Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2009
    New Zealand’s population is ageing rapidly.  It is projected that 48,200 paid caregivers will be needed by 2036 to look after a growing number of older and possibly disabled New Zealanders requiring high levels of care and support.
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    The time to lead is now: the adoption of ESG analysis by Asian government pension funds

    The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia, 2009
    Asia's pension funds are among the largest and fastest growing pools of capital in the region and their influence in the capital markets will continue to grow, especially as asset allocations diversify.
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    Promoting health and equity: evidence, policy and action: cases from the Western Pacific region

    Regional Office for the Western Pacific, World Health Organisation, 2009
    This book, published by the Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization, notes that health equity and the barriers to achieving it in developing countries have been a major subject of research for many years, resulting in a growing evidence base on policies and actions to promote health equity.
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    Ageing Asia’s looming pension crisis

    Asian Development Bank, 2009
    Due to population ageing, weakening of family-based support, and related factors, old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of the pension systems in eight East and Southeast Asian countries, identifying their major structural weaknesses, and suggesting some specific policy directions for them.
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    Asia's underachiever: deep constraints in Philippine economic growth

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    Philippines growth has proved disappointing particularly when compared with the performance of its geographic neighbours and the favourable initial conditions present in the 1950s. High levels of human capital and per capita output, political stability under a democratic government, and an initial phase of rapid growth in that decade all promised more than has been achieved.
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    Pension systems for the informal sector in Asia

    Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2009
    The unprecedented speed at which Asian populations are ageing requires a rapid forward looking response from governments in the region to provide protection against the risk of poverty in old age.
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    Searching for patients: Norwegian testing of pharmaceuticals and treatment methods in developing countries

    NorWatch, 2009
    In Norway there have been two Norwegian companies that have tested their products in developing countries. A-Viral tested AIDS medications in 300 HIV/AIDS-positive persons in Uganda in 1997-1998 and in 13 such persons in the Philippines in 2000-2002.
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    A new debt crisis? Assessing the impact of the financial crisis on developing countries

    Jubilee Debt Campaign, 2009
    The global financial crisis is already having a severe effect on the developing world. Many prominent donor countries have announced draconian cuts to their overseas aid budgets; falling global demand for goods is being felt by many producers in poorer countries; whilst much-needed foreign remittances, are, according to the IMF, falling for the first time in decades.
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    Surveys of enterprises on corruption

    Social Weather Stations, 2007
    This booklet presents the findings of  surveys of enterprises on corruption in Phillipines. The surveys are a part of a project to promote transparency and accountability in government and to help build a counter-corruption culture. The booklet updates on the standard monitoring items since previous surveys with the new findings.This business survey finds that:
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    Children as agents of change for disaster risk reduction: lessons from El Salvador and the Philippines

    Children in a Changing Climate, 2009
    This paper explores children’s voices in disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy spaces and their capacity to communicate disaster risk to their parents and larger community. It challenges the traditional development approaches which perceive children as passive victims during and after disasters.

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