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    Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe

    Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and Related Disciplines (STICERD), LSE, 2011
    Spurred by the ageing transition, many governments have made wide-ranging reforms, dramatically changing Europe‟s pensions landscape. Nevertheless there remain concerns about future costs, while unease about adequacy is growing. This study develops a comprehensive framework to assess pension system sustainability.
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    Bargaining with grandma: the impact of the South African pension on household decision making

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2011
    The expansion of the South African old age pension is interesting to economists firstly because extent to which this money effectively increases the well-being of those who receive it is an important question for a policymaking, but also as the pension is distributed on an individual, not household, level and is given to both men and women.
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    Deprivation and vulnerability among elderly in India

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2011
    The Indian aged population is currently the second largest in the world next to that of china. The absolute number of the population aged over 60 in India is predicted to increase from 77 million in 2001 to 137 million by 2021.
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    Pensions at a glance

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2012
    In addition to giving insights on the sustainability of public pensions and the pressures they face with the mounting demographic issues, Pensions at a Glance – Asia/Pacific Edition 2011 aims to enhance interaction between OECD member countries and non-member Asia/Pacific countries and economies.
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    Social protection of older people

    Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2011
    Despite the growth and extent of social protection programmes (SP) in both developed and developing countries, most emerging economies have systems that are only just coming into existence.  Subsequently, only a small portion address the specific vulnerabilities and needs of older people.This paper:
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    Demographic transition and the regulatory shortcomings of Brazil’s social security

    National Association of Postgraduate Centers in Economics, Brazil, 2011
    In two decades Brazil has built a comprehensive welfare state, but it is very costly  and ill prepared to face the ageing of the Brazilian population - by 2050 Brazilians 65 or older will represent 23% of total population, while the workforce will be shrinking.
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    First-round impacts of the 2008 Chilean pension system reform

    University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, 2011
    Chile’s innovative privatised pension system has been lauded as possible model for Social Security system overhauls in other countries, yet it has also been critiqued for not including a strong safety net for the uncovered sector. In response, the Bachelet government in 2008 implemented reforms to rectify this shortcoming.
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    Why does population aging matter so much for Asia? Population aging, economic growth, and economic security in Asia

    Asian Development Bank, 2011
    Asia faces the challenge of population ageing. Youthful populations that contributed substantially to growth in the past are maturing and countries that currently have relatively youthful populations will also experience substantial graying in the years to come. Asia’s demographic transition poses two huge challenges:
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    The future of South Asia: population dynamics, economic prospects, and regional coherence

    Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2011
    If demographic change is to shed lights on a region’s future, what do we foresee for South Asian economies in 2060? This paper explores the economic prospects of South Asia from a demographic viewpoint.
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    Human rights and status of older women in india - a national study

    Agewell Foundation, 2011
    India has a population of approx. 60 million older women (60+).  This reporrt argues that in India, women have never found themselves at the centre stage, and have always been marginalised from the mainstream of the society. Living as second class citizen for centuries, their mindset has also developed accordingly and never enjoyed privileges of development.

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