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    The impact of the demographic dividend on three key support systems: education, health care, and pensions

    2008
    The possible economic benefits of the demographic dividend and the possible detrimental aspects of population ageing both originate in the economic life cycle  a pattern of economic activity that has been found to be broadly similar across countries, with some important variations.
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    Social protection and ageing in Malawi

    Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2008
    In the past, the elderly in Malawi used to depend on the economic and social support of their children and the community. With increased socio-economic difficulties and changing family ties, children fail to look after their ageing parents. Similarly, communities are failing to provide for the needs of the elderly.
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    An evaluation of the poverty reduction impact of the non-contributory old age pension scheme in Lesotho: The case of Manonyane

    University of Pretoria, 2007
    In November 2004, the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho introduced a non-contributory old age pension scheme for persons 70 years of age and older. The need to reduce poverty in this particularly vulnerable group was seen as an important objective.
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    The economic and social impacts of the old age pension on the protection of the Basotho elderly and their households

    University of Pretoria, 2008
    This paper presents the preliminary findings from survey research done between 2005 and 2007 of how the availability of a universal old age pension since November 2004 has affected the economic and social well-being of its elderly recipients in Lesotho.
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    Social issues under economic transformation and integration in Vietnam, Volume 1

    Vietnam Development Forum, 2008
    Fast growth and integration has intensified social problems in Vietnam. New problems have also arisen. Rapidly urbanising areas are experiencing issues with street children, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS epidemic transmission. Nationally there are problems in the education system and social welfare, rising inequality, and in elderly populations.
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    Pension fund performance

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008
    This study, by the OECD in collaboration with the World Bank and some private sector institutions, aims to compare investment performance of privately managed pension funds across several OECD, Latin American and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.
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    Regional Evidence Building Agenda (REBA) Thematic Briefs

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008
    This series of briefs provides a regional synthesis of findings of 12 thematic studies and 20 individual case studies of social transfer schemes undertaken by the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) in southern Africa.
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    Social security in other countries: worldwide social security agencies

    Social Security Online, 2008
    Directory of websites of social security agencies and organisations around the world. Compiled by Social Security Online (USA).
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    Do workers in Chile choose informal employment? A dynamic analysis of sector choice

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
    To asses the coverage of Chile’s social insurance and pensions plan, this paper examines shifts in the country's labour market during a period of economic contraction. Employment in the formal sector requires workers to save for social insurance, while the self-employed can choose whether and how to save and the informal workers are responsible for their own pension.
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    Brazilian population ageing: differences in well-being by rural and urban areas

    Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2002
    This paper examines the familial arrangements, health condition, economic activity and income of those aged over 60 in Brazil, using data from the General Household Surveys of 1981 and 1999.Its findings include that: although fertility and mortality are much higher in rural areas compared to urban ones, the proportion of the elderly population in the total population is about the same i

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