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    Good practice in the development of management information systems for social protection

    HelpAge International, 2011
    Management information systems (MISs) are core to the design of social protection schemes. This working paper examines good practice in the design of MISs for social protection. The paper argues that discussions on the design and implementation of social protection MISs should move away from the narrow view that they consist only of software and hardware.
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    Urban world: mapping the economic power of cities

    McKinsey Global Institute, 2011
    Half of the world populations live in cities. Yet, over the next 15 years, the center of gravity of the urban world will move south, and even more decisively, east. This report draws insights from more than 2000 leading cities in the world, looking at demographic trends and shifts in the profile of households and incomes.
  • Organisation

    Europe and Central Asia, World Bank

    World bank website section covering Europe and Central Asia
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    Assuring income security in old age: views of the Mongolian elderly

    Global Action on Aging, 2010
    The proportion of older persons in Mongolia (those aged 60 years and over) is currently estimated at less than 7 per, but this is expected to increase to nearly 25 per cent by 2050. This trend is due to declining levels of fertility and improvements in life expectancy and survival rates to older ages.
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    Population dynamics in India and implications for economic growth

    Harvard School of Public Health, 2011
    India’s population is currently growing at a rate of 1.4% per year, far surpassing China’s rate of 0.7%. This differential will result in India's population size overtaking China's in less than 20 years. This author reviews the size, growth, and structure of India’s population in historic and comparative perspective.
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    Economic security arrangements in the context of population ageing in India

    Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2010
    Life expectancy in India is rising steadily.  However, a combination of migration out of rural areas and the continued concentration of the working population in the informal sector, means there is a pressing need for better economic security arrangements for the elderly. Women in particular face specific disadvantages in ensuring their economic security.
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    Social transfers: a critical strategy to meet the MDGs

    HelpAge International, 2010
    Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty, and have improved income security, access to education, health status and gender equality across other age groups.
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    The impact of a minimum pension on old age poverty and its budgetary cost. Evidence from Latin America.

    Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, 2010
    Alleviating old age poverty requires a different approach from other age groups. This paper examines the impact on old age poverty and the fiscal cost of universal minimum old age pensions in Latin America using recent household survey data for 18 countries. The authors:
  • Organisation

    India Post

    Indian Government department running postal services, part of  Department of Post, Ministry of Communications & IT.
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    Report of expert committee on harnessing the India Post network for financial inclusion

    India Post, 2010
    The India Post network has over 155,000 branches - twice as many as the outreach of all commercial banks in India put together.

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