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    Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP)

    The Global Alliance aims to reach out to older people in all regions of the world to ensure their voices are heard by UN member states nationally, regionally, through UN institutions, UN Commissions a
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    Social protection systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: plurinational State of Bolivia

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2013
    Poverty affects about 5.5 million people in the Plurinational State of Bolivia. Accordingly, poverty-reduction policies have become extremely relevant in the country during the last decades.
  • Document

    Gender and family in contemporary China

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2013
    Both gender relations and family structures have undergone tremendous changes since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
  • Document

    Emerging Trends in Biomedicine and Health Technology Innovation: addressing the global challenge of Alzheimer's

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2013
    The economic and social impact of chronic brain disorders (CBD) such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases will become the number one public-health problem worldwide, directly affecting 100 million people by 2050.
  • Document

    Global AgeWatch Index

    HelpAge International, 2013
    The Global AgeWatch Index ranks countries by how well their ageing populations are faring. It brings together a unique set of internationally comparable data based on older people's income status, health status, education and employment, and enabling environment. The index is a tool to measure progress and aims to improve the impact of policy and practice on ageing populations.
  • Document

    We can also make change

    Sightsavers International, 2013
    Voices of the Marginalised is a pilot project, focusing on Bangladesh, bringing the perspectives of those who live in poverty or who are highly marginalised, including those with disabilities, older people and people living with mental health problems, into post-2015 policymaking.
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    Demographic window of opportunity in Africa - and the role of migration

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 2012
    A change in the population structure that leads to a growing workforce can be important for economic growth, if combined with effective policies and markets. However, few analyses of demographic dividend have addressed the crucial role of migration in population dynamics in Africa.
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    Population dynamics in the post - 2015 development agenda: report of the Global Thematic Consultation on Population Dynamics

    International Organization for Migration, 2013
    Mega population trends at the national and global levels – continued rapid population growth, population ageing, urbanisation and migration – not only frame the entire development debate, they demand a reconsideration and re-conceptualisation of what will be the main challenges for the post - 2015 development agenda.
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    Population dynamics, climate change,and sustainable development in Africa

    Population Action International, 2012
    Population is growing more rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) than other regions of the world. Rapid population growth and climate change are speeding up the region’s environmental degradation. This makes people more vulnerable to climate change impacts and undermines sustainable development on the continent.
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    2013 World Population Data Sheet

    Population Reference Bureau, 2013
    The 2013 Data Sheet provides detailed information on 20 population, health, and environment indicators for more than 200 countries, and has a special focus on wealth and income inequality. The data sheet is accompanied by an interacticve World Map and inforgraphic.Details highlighted include:

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