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    Swaziland old age grant impact assessment

    HelpAge International, 2010
    Cash transfers are increasingly seen as a popular form of social protection, representing a solution to reducing absolute poverty and food insecurity for vulnerable groups. The Swaziland Old Age Grant (OAG) was introduced in 2005 as a universal grant to all Swazi citizens over 60 years of age, many of whom are caring for orphaned children in their households.
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    Ageing, Human Rights and Public Policies

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010
    Two aspects of ageing of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean are of particular concern. One is that the population is ageing faster in the region than it did historically in developed countries.
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    Developing Asia’s Pension Systems and Old-Age Income Support

    Asian Development Bank Institute, 2012
    Old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East and Southeast Asia. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of pension systems in the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
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    Ageing, solidarity and social protection: time for progress towards equality

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012
    This document analyses the outlook for population ageing and advocates mainstreaming this issue into the public agenda. It introduces its central theme of equality and ageing. Concepts are presented and analysed, with particular emphasis on the challenges facing social protection and solidarity.
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    Pensions at a glance

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2012
    In addition to giving insights on the sustainability of public pensions and the pressures they face with the mounting demographic issues, Pensions at a Glance – Asia/Pacific Edition 2011 aims to enhance interaction between OECD member countries and non-member Asia/Pacific countries and economies.
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    Demographic transition and the regulatory shortcomings of Brazil’s social security

    National Association of Postgraduate Centers in Economics, Brazil, 2011
    In two decades Brazil has built a comprehensive welfare state, but it is very costly  and ill prepared to face the ageing of the Brazilian population - by 2050 Brazilians 65 or older will represent 23% of total population, while the workforce will be shrinking.
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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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    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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