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  Why population matters to Malawi’s development: managing population growth for sustainable development

  Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi, 2012

  Malawi adds over 400,000 people each year to its population. Without a reduction in the average number of births per woman, health, education and employment services will be overstretched.
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  Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi

  The Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation is Malawi Government's main planning agency responsible for national economic and development planning, and monitoring and evaluation of socio-econ
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  The elderly and old age support in rural China: challenges and prospects

  World Bank, 2012

  Although average incomes in China have risen dramatically since the 1980s, concerns are increasing that the rural elderly have not benefited from growth to the same extent as younger people and the urban elderly. This book explores the evolution of the rural pension system in China over the past two decades and raises a number of issues on its current implementation and future directions.
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  The future of family support for Thai elderly: views of the populace

  Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2012

  The number of older persons in Thailand will increase substantially during the coming decades. This paper indicates that future Thai cohorts entering the old age span will have fewer and more dispersed children to depend on while at the same time likely survive to increasingly older ages.The paper shows that:
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  Ageing in the Twenty-First Century: A celebration and a challenge

  HelpAge International, 2012

  With one in nine persons in the world aged 60 years or over, projected to increase to one in five by 2050, population ageing is a phenomenon that can no longer be ignored.
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  Social Protection of the Elderly in Tanzania: Current Status and Future Possibilities

  Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2011

  This brief summarises the findings of a study on social protection of elderly in Tanzania. The study began by analysing the current status of living arrangements and material well-being of Tanzanians over 60 years of age. It then assessed the affordability of a universal pension for all persons over age 60 or 65 years, set at the food poverty line.
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  Electronic payment for cash transfer programmes: Cutting costs and corruption or an idea ahead of its time?

  HelpAge International, 2012

  There is growing interest in the use of electronic payment (e-payment) systems in cash transfer programmes. When cash is transferred to beneficiaries through e-payment technologies such as mobile phone accounts or smartcards, there is potential to cut costs and reduce corruption compared with physical payment methods.
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  Current status of the social situation, well-being, participation in development and rights of older persons worldwide

  Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2011

  The ageing population is growing at an unprecedented rate. There are presently 740 million individuals in the world aged 60 years or over, and that number is expected to rise to 1 billion by the end of the present decade and possibly to 2 billion by mid-century. Most older people live in developing countries, where the bulk of the increase will occur.This report covers:
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  World Bank Support for Pensions and Social Security

  World Bank, 2012

  Pension and social insurance programs that prevent a substantial loss in consumption resulting from old age, disability, or death are an integral part of any social protection system. The dual objectives of such programs are to allow for the prevention of a sharp decline in income when these life-cycle events take place and protection against poverty in old age.
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  Demographic pressures and the sustainability of social security in Emerging Europe and Central Asia

  2012

  How serious are the long-term effects of population ageing in the emerging economies of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia?

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