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    Living arrangements of the elderly in China

    RAND Center for the Study of Aging, 2011
    Recent increases in Chinese elderly living alone or only with a spouse has raised concerns about elderly support, especially in light of the population policy implemented since the late 1970s, and rural young people moving away from parents into cities in large numbers.
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    China and India, 2025, a comparative assessment

    RAND Corporation, 2011
    China and India will exercise increasing influence in international affairs in the coming decades. As prominent members of the G-20, their influence will be manifest in the global economy, in global politics, and in the global security environment.
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    Overview of available policies and legislation, data and research, and institutional arrangements relating to older persons - progress since Madrid

    HelpAge International, 2011
    The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and its Political Declaration (Madrid Plan) were adopted in April 2002 by the 159 governments which attended the Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid. Priority Directions decided upon are: 1. Older persons and development; 2. Advancing health and well-being into old age; and 3. Ensuring enabling and supportive environments.
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    Poverty transitions among older households in Brazil and South Africa

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2011
    The knowledge gap relating to the dynamics of wellbeing and poverty among older households
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    Effects of Argentina’s social security reform on labor markets and poverty

    Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2011
    In 1994, Argentina introduced Pensions Reform and Unemployment Benefits as a major reform component to its social security system. This paper analyses the effect of introducing new individual accounts in the pension system over wages, employment and poverty.
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    Off the grid: exploring the expanding informal economy and threats to old-age social protection in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

    HelpAge International, 2011
    Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan face the simultaneous challenges of a ballooning informal labour force and an ageing population. Pension systems will have difficulty providing adequate social protection to future generations of older people, especially those without formal labour records.
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    Challenges of formal social security systems in Sudan

    Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2011
    ‘Social Protection Floor’ means an access to essential services and social transfers for the poor and vulnerable. Sudan, the author of this report argues, embodies the necessity for such schemes. The paper shows that poverty in Sudan is deeply entrenched and that is largely rural. The author notes that poverty particularly affects  farmers who practice rainfed agriculture.
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    The price of income security in older age: cost of a universal pension in 50 low- and middle-income countries

    HelpAge International, 2011
    Social pensions are a vehicle for reducing the poverty of the population as a whole. This paper reviews the cost of universal pensions, suggesting that the cost of universal pensions in developing countries today is affordable.
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    Good practice in the development of management information systems for social protection

    HelpAge International, 2011
    Management information systems (MISs) are core to the design of social protection schemes. This working paper examines good practice in the design of MISs for social protection. The paper argues that discussions on the design and implementation of social protection MISs should move away from the narrow view that they consist only of software and hardware.
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    Human rights of older persons in india - a national study

    Agewell Foundation, 2011
    The population of India has approximately tripled during the last 50 years, but the number of elderly Indians has increased more than fourfold.  Better medical facilities, care and liberal family planning policies made the elderly the fastest growing section of the society in India - average life expectancy has also gone up to over 70 years today.

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