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    Fertility impact of social transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa – what about pensions?

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010
    Whilst the impact on fertility of child-related cash transfer in developing countries is fiercely debated, the author of this paper argues that little attention is paid to the fertility impact of old-age cash transfers.
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    BBVA Research (BBVA)

    Research wing of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, a multinational banking and financial services organisation. Originally Spanish, it has a major presence in Latin America.
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    The impact of the financial crisis on defined benefit plans and the need for counter-cyclical funding regulations

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010
    This paper discusses the impact of the crisis on DB pension schemes and the temporary responses taken by regulators to help ease financially strained plan sponsors. It also presents suggestions to governments and policy-makers for making funding regulations more counter-cyclical in nature, in order to strengthen the security of DB benefits and help to maintain future DB plans.
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    Achieving income security in old age for all Tanzanians: a study into the feasibility of a universal social pension

    HelpAge International, 2010
    In Tanzania, poverty rates amongst households containing an older person are 22.4 per cent higher than the national poverty rate.  In the past, security in old age was provided through a range of social protection mechanisms based on the extended family and community structures, but these traditional mechanisms are increasingly unable to cope.
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    The Chinese pension system – first results on assessing the reform options

    Economic Commission for Europe, UN, 2010
    The Chinese population, totalling 1.3 billion, is ageing fast. The Chinese pension system covers only 55% of urban employees and reaches a very small part of the rural population. 
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    Universal minimum old age pensions impact on poverty and fiscal cost in 18 Latin American countries

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2010
    In Latin America, five countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay - have non-contributory pensions.  But pension coverage rates remain below 30% in half of Latin American countries.
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    Pension reform options for Russia and Ukraine: a critical analysis of available options and their expected outcomes with a focus on labour market

    Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland, 2010
    This paper analyses key problems related to pension systems and their reforms in Russia and Ukraine, comparing the two cases with OECD countries in general case as well as selected countries. The document reviews 22 options proposed /implemented/to be implemented in Russia and Ukraine in the context of reforming pension system, elaborating possible effects on labour market and restructurin
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    Global Extension of Social Security

    GESS is a global knowledge sharing platform on the extension of social security and aims to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, capture and document experiences, identify knowledge gaps,
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    Providing greater old-age security in China

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010
    China’s population is ageing fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. Migration of the young to urban areas is raising the proportion of the elderly in the rural population and the increase in the old-age dependency ratio will be even more pronounced in rural than in urban areas.
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    Response to 'Targeting Social Cash Transfers' comment

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2009
    Responding to the paper Targeting Social Cash Transfers comment, (on the process of defining target groups and designing the targeting mechanism for the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme), the author of this response suggests that the Comment is shaky, incoherent, defeatist, misguided and - in the final analysis - fatally flawed.The respondent argues that the comment is:

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