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Demographic change and economic growth in South Asia
Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2011Demographic change can make powerful contributions to economic growth. This has strong implications for understanding past growth in South Asia and assessing and shaping its future prospects. This paper attributes some of the improvements that South Asian economies achieved to the rising share of working-age people in the population.DocumentThe future of South Asia: population dynamics, economic prospects, and regional coherence
Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2011If demographic change is to shed lights on a region’s future, what do we foresee for South Asian economies in 2060? This paper explores the economic prospects of South Asia from a demographic viewpoint.DocumentChina and India, 2025, a comparative assessment
RAND Corporation, 2011China and India will exercise increasing influence in international affairs in the coming decades. As prominent members of the G-20, their influence will be manifest in the global economy, in global politics, and in the global security environment.OrganisationCentre for Research in Economic Analysis
The Centre for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA) focuses on economic integration issues.DocumentPoverty transitions among older households in Brazil and South Africa
Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2011The knowledge gap relating to the dynamics of wellbeing and poverty among older householdsDocumentEffects of Argentina’s social security reform on labor markets and poverty
Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2011In 1994, Argentina introduced Pensions Reform and Unemployment Benefits as a major reform component to its social security system. This paper analyses the effect of introducing new individual accounts in the pension system over wages, employment and poverty.DocumentOff the grid: exploring the expanding informal economy and threats to old-age social protection in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
HelpAge International, 2011Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan face the simultaneous challenges of a ballooning informal labour force and an ageing population. Pension systems will have difficulty providing adequate social protection to future generations of older people, especially those without formal labour records.DocumentChallenges of formal social security systems in Sudan
Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2011‘Social Protection Floor’ means an access to essential services and social transfers for the poor and vulnerable. Sudan, the author of this report argues, embodies the necessity for such schemes. The paper shows that poverty in Sudan is deeply entrenched and that is largely rural. The author notes that poverty particularly affects farmers who practice rainfed agriculture.DocumentDemographic trends and international capital flows in an integrated world
Centre for Research in Economic Analysis, 2011Demographic projections for the 21st century indicate that population is ageing all over the world. This paper examines the impact of projected demographic trends on international capital flows.DocumentThe price of income security in older age: cost of a universal pension in 50 low- and middle-income countries
HelpAge International, 2011Social 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.Pages