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    From social safety net to social policy? The role of conditional Cash transfers in welfare state Development in Latin America

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009
    Since the early 1990s, conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been adopted by countries across Latin America as central elements of their poverty reduction strategies. CCTs share three components in common: a cash transfer, a targeting mechanism, and conditionality.
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    Civil Service and Military Pension Reforms in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

    2011
    The 2008 Global Crisis and demographic trends in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore has increased the urgency of reforming their pension systems for enhancing financial, fiscal, and economic sustainability over a long period, and mitigating possible adverse economic impacts.
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    Simulations of long-term returns and replacement rates in the Colombian pension system

    BBVA Research, 2010
    This study is a theoretical exercise for Colombia that aims to simulate a variety of scenarios under a hypothetical scheme similar to the pension multi-funds currently in operation in Chile, Mexico and Peru.
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    The Demographic Dividend: Evidence from the Indian States

    International Monetary Fund, 2011
    Large cohorts of young adults are poised to add to the working-age population of developing economies. Despite much interest in the consequent growth dividend, the size and circumstances of the potential gains remain under-explored. This study focuses on India, which will be the largest individual contributor to the global demographic transition ahead.
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    Ageing and the protection of human rights: current situation and outlook

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012
    This study aims to supplement earlier CELADE (Population Division of ECLAC) contributions to the effort to move towards an international convention on the human rights of older persons.
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    Global Pension Systems and Their Reform Worldwide Drivers, Trends, and Challenges

    Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2012
    Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by shifting objectives, moving reform needs, and a changing enabling environment. The ongoing worldwide financial crisis and the adjustment to an uncertain “new normal” will make future pension systems different from past ones.
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    Developing Asia’s Pension Systems and Old-Age Income Support

    Asian Development Bank Institute, 2012
    Old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East and Southeast Asia. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of pension systems in the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
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    Global population ageing: peril or promise?

    World Economic Forum, 2012
    If policy-makers and leaders fail to plan adequately for the changes ahead, they will be inundated by the effects of global ageing, such as a dearth of workers, strained pension systems, and overburdened health care systems. This book is the product of a collaboration among the business, political, academic, and other leaders of society that make up the Network of Global Agenda Councils.
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    Ageing, solidarity and social protection: time for progress towards equality

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012
    This document analyses the outlook for population ageing and advocates mainstreaming this issue into the public agenda. It introduces its central theme of equality and ageing. Concepts are presented and analysed, with particular emphasis on the challenges facing social protection and solidarity.
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    Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI)

    CARDI is a not for profit organisation developed by leaders from the ageing field across Ireland (North and South) including age focused researchers, academics, statutory, voluntary and community sect

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