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    A social pension in Zambia: perceptions of the cash transfer pilot in Katete

    HelpAge International, 2009
    The Government of Zambia, via its Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS), has been running a set of pilot cash transfers to test which could best form the basis of a national social protection system. The pilot being run in the Katete district transfers money to everyone over the age of 60 years, thus creating a form of social pension.
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    UNECE policy brief on ageing 2: gender equality, work and old age

    Project on Population Ageing, Economic Commission for Europe, 2009
    Elderly women outnumber elderly men in all countries of the UNECE region. They are more likely to live in poverty, be affected by disability and restrictions of mobility. Many elderly women are widows and at an economic disadvantage.
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    UNECE policy brief on ageing 1: mainstreaming ageing

    Project on Population Ageing, Economic Commission for Europe, 2009
    This policy brief looks at how governments can integrate ageing-related issues into all policy fields in order to bring societies and economies in harmony with demographic change. It also addresses the ways in which all age groups can be equally involved in designing, implementing and evaluating ageing-related policies and programmes.
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    Social protection policy: responses to older people’s needs in Zanzibar

    HelpAge International, 2009
    Zanzibar runs a system of contributory pensions (the ZSSF) covering those employed in the public and formal sectors.  But overall, only about 40 per cent of older people receive any form of cash payment in their old age. Changing family structures, migration and general poverty have eroded traditional patterns of support, and even where support exists, it is normally inadequate.
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    What can we do about pensions?

    Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2009
    This paper sets out some of the problems with Canada's pension system and outlines some of the options that have been proposed to deal with them.
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    Constant crisis: perceptions of vulnerability and social protection in the Kyrgyz Republic

    HelpAge International, 2009
    In 2008, the Kyrgyz Republic experienced significant increases in food and fuel price, massively affecting  the most vulnerable populations. In response, the World Bank announced a US$10 million grant directed at topping up the existing cash transfer mechanism (the Unified Monthly Benefit, or UMB).
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    The impact of population ageing on the Czech economy

    Czech National Bank, Czech Republic, 2009
    The Czech Republic is facing a population-ageing phenomenon, and its demographic structure is expected to change dramatically, which might have a significant impact on the Czech economy. This paper analyses the potential effects of the expected demographic changes on aggregate economic performance taking into account alternative fiscal policy setups.
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    Eliciting individual preferences for pension reform

    CESifo, 2009
    Pension reform is nowadays in the forefront of the political agenda of many European countries. Using ireland as an example country, this paper analyses the different forces that can affect people’s evaluation of the state pension system. The main focus of the paper is to answer the following questions:
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    Headship of older persons in the context of HIV/AIDS in rural South Africa

    Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 2009
    This paper examines older persons’ living arrangements in an area with 32% HIV-prevalence in South Africa. The paper concentrates on headship as a measure of position, and explores how households’ composition and experience of a death differ across headship types.
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    Brazil’s rural pension system, its development and impacts: lessons for China

    New Dynamics of Ageing, 2009
    Like Brazil in the 1960s, China is now facing problems of large geographical inequalities, as well high rates of rural to urban migration of younger aged adults. However, rural older people account for a much higher share of China‟s total population than in Brazil. This both increases the urgency for universal pension provision and increases the economic cost of doing so.

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