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  Socioeconomic differences in mortality - implications for pension policy

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008

  The report discusses implications of mortality differentials for five major areas of pension policy: the progressivity of the pension system, the pension eligibility age, the retirement incentives, future pension expenditures and private pensions. Mortality depends on socio-economic status and these factors are highlighted:
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  Analysis of livelihood cash grant programme implemented for older people after Tsunami

  HelpAge International, 2008

  This report provides an account of a livelihood cash grant programme implemented in Banda Aceh in the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami. It shows that older people are still willing and able to work and should therefore be included in livelihood projects. Part I of the report describes the cash grant programme, its implementation and lessons learnt. It points out:
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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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  Asian Productivity Organization (APO)

  Regional intergovernmental organisation. Its mission is to contribute to the socioeconomic development of Asia and the Pacific through enhancing productivity.
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  Population ageing in Malawi: understanding challenges, responding to opportunities: proceedings of the meeting held in Lilongwe, Malawi on 28-29 November 2007

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008

  This report summarises the themes that emerged as priorities as a result of papers presented at a joint BSF (Bingu Silvergrey Foundation for the Elderly) / FAO meeting on population ageing issues in Malawi: Papers presented covered:
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  Salt, soap and shoes for school, evaluation report. The impact of pensions on the lives of older people and grandchildren in the KwaWazee project in Tanzania’s Kagera region

  Kwa Wazee, 2008

  Cash transfers have become an increasingly popular way of providing social protection in low-income African countries. This study aims to find out more about the impact of social pensions for older people and the combination with child benefits in older people headed households, and what can be learnt from the experiences with this approach in the Kwa Wazee project in Tanzania.
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  Population Aging and Economic Growth in Asia

  Harvard School of Public Health, 2008

  Between 1960 and 2005, a rapid decline in total fertility and an increase in life expectancy have led to a significant ageing of Asian societies. Against this background, this paper explores whether continuing ageing will have a negative effect on economic growth in Asia, for example via:
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  Grand coalitions for unpopular reforms: building a cross-party consensus to raise the retirement age

  Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population, 2008

  A striking feature of pension reforms in the advanced industrialised countries is their scant use of what would be the most effective solution to the problems of pension expenditure growth and income insecurity in old age: the increase of the retirement age to more than 65 years.
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  The sustainability of European health care systems: beyond income and ageing

  Department of Economics, University of Verona, Italy, 2008

  During the last three decades, health care expenditure (HCE) has grown more quickly than GDP in all OECD countries. Against this background, this paper looks at the determinants of rising HCE:
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  Sharing demographic risk – who is afraid of the baby bust?

  Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging, 2008

  Falling fertility rates and increasing life expectancy are putting a strain on existing public Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) pension systems. The authors model the optimal reaction of a pubic PAYGO pension system to demographic shocks. They assume the existence of a fully committed planner.

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