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    Nutrition interventions for older people in emergencies

    HelpAge International, 2013
    In emergency situations, older people may find it hard to access food. For example, when they are displaced, older people may face difficulties in registering for the general food rations, meet challenges in accessing food distributions and difficulties transporting the food.
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    Impact of population aging on Asia’s future growth

    Asian Development Bank, 2011
    Population ageing affects growth through savings, capital accumulation, labour force participation, and total factor productivity. This paper examines the impact of ageing on those four channels in 12 developing Asian economies that collectively make up the bulk of the region’s population and output.
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    The situation of older persons in Myanmar: Results from the 2012 Survey of Older Persons

    HelpAge International, 2013
    Myanmar’s population is beginning to age rapidly.  According to UN projections, by 2050 older people will comprise a quarter of Myanmar’s total population. Shortly after 2035, persons aged 60 and older will outnumber children under age 15.
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    Matching Contributions for Pensions

    World Bank, 2013
    Matching defined contribution schemes are gaining popularity in both rich and poor countries as a promising means to reduce gaps in the participation in formal pension systems. Matching contributions by employers, the government, or both to defined contribution schemes are used alone or jointly with other interventions to motivate participation in pension schemes.
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    Youthquake: will Melanesian democracy be sunk by demography?

    Pacific Institute of Public Policy, 2010
    One area where there is similarity between the Middle East and Melanesia is demographics. Both have large, youthful populations that are tired of the status quo and leaders who have failed to manage change, including generational change of political leadership. The systems of parliamentary democracy are increasingly under pressure in Melanesia.
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    Why population matters to Malawi’s development: managing population growth for sustainable development

    Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi, 2012
    Malawi adds over 400,000 people each year to its population. Without a reduction in the average number of births per woman, health, education and employment services will be overstretched.
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    Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi

    The Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation is Malawi Government's main planning agency responsible for national economic and development planning, and monitoring and evaluation of socio-econ
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    The elderly and old age support in rural China: challenges and prospects

    World Bank, 2012
    Although average incomes in China have risen dramatically since the 1980s, concerns are increasing that the rural elderly have not benefited from growth to the same extent as younger people and the urban elderly. This book explores the evolution of the rural pension system in China over the past two decades and raises a number of issues on its current implementation and future directions.
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    The future of family support for Thai elderly: views of the populace

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2012
    The number of older persons in Thailand will increase substantially during the coming decades. This paper indicates that future Thai cohorts entering the old age span will have fewer and more dispersed children to depend on while at the same time likely survive to increasingly older ages.The paper shows that:
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    Access to climate change information and support services by the vulnerable groups in semi-arid Kenya for adaptive capacity development

    African Crop Science Society, 2012
    Despite being projected to face the greatest impact of climate change, vulnerable people of the semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa have inadequate access to the support services and information they need to build their adaptive capacity to an effective level.

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