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    The universal social pension in Nepal: an assessment of its impact on older people in Tanahun district

    HelpAge International Asia, Pacific Regional Development Centre, 2009
    Nepal introduced a non-contributory social pension scheme in 1995. This scheme is unique to Asia being the primary universal pension scheme in the region and a model for other developing countries.
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    The social pension in India: a participatory study on poverty reduction impact and role of monitoring groups

    HelpAge International Asia, Pacific Regional Development Centre, 2009
    Poor older people in India have had the benefit of a means-tested social pension for over 10 years. Selection of beneficiaries is a responsibility of local government, and there are reports that the scheme does not always benefit the intended recipients.
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    Pensions in Africa

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
    In sub-Saharan Africa less than 10% of the older population has a contributory pension. This paper discusses why the development of pension systems is important for the African region. It also looks at the current pension arrangements in selected African countries: Botswana, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia
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    Social security systems around the world

    Population Reference Bureau, 2009
    Social security programs are increasing in number around the world.  Systems in many of countrieshave funding problems. Social security may also have unintended effects on economic and demographic behaviour in a country. Many of these behaviors are only now beginning to be understood. This briefing looks at:
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    Living with our Bibi: a qualitative study of children living with grandmothers in the Nshamba area of north western Tanzania

    HelpAge International, 2008
    The Kwa Wazee Project works with grandparents and the grandchildren who live with them (generally orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS) in the Kagera district of Tanzania. The main activity of the Project is to provide a cash transfer in the form of a pension to grandparents (mostly grandmothers). Grannies get small monthly pensions for themselves and for the grandchildren they support.
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    The 2008 Chilean reform to first-pillar pensions

    CESifo, 2009
    The Chilean Congress approved in January 2008 the replacement of her two current non-contributory subsidies for the old poor (“first pillar”) with a unified program with a pioneering design. This paper describes the policy process and evaluates the new design. The first finding is that reform was not driven by poverty among the old.
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    Pension provision: government failure around the world

    Institute of Economic Affairs, 2009
    This survey of government interventions in pension provision examines the different issues surrounding pensions and public policy in a range of high, middle and low-income countries.In particular it argues that widespread difficulties with state pension schemes make it surprising that there is not more favourable acceptance of private provision for income in old age.
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    Promoting agriculture for social protection or social protection for agriculture: strategic policy and research issues

    Future Agricultures Consortium, 2006
    Developing pro-poor policies for agricultural development is important in countries with a large rural poor. In conjunction, there is also need to focus on social protection in order to address the risk and insecurity that the rural poor face. However, current policy fails to sufficiently link agricultural with social protection policies.
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    Looking at social protection through a livelihoods lens

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    This issue of In Focus is a collection of briefing notes that explore and contribute to the thinking and practice of social protection. These briefs help in understanding social protection; building the evidence base; understanding what is happening where; and considering future directions for social protection.
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    Tackling poverty in old age: a universal pension for Sri Lanka

    HelpAge International, 2008
    While 25% of Sri Lanka's population will be older than 60 years by 2041, the country's existing pension system is unable to guarantee a minimum income to the elderly since:

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