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Ageing, Human Rights and Public Policies
United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010Two 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.DocumentIn the care of the state and the family: understanding care of the elderly through macro and micro perspectives
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2009The provision of care for older people exists at macro (national) and micro (individual or family) levels. This paper argues that these different levels are not mutually exclusive. On the one hand, products of macro level national policies, regulations and programmes must be compatible with the needs of target groups.DocumentDisability of Older Koreans: Evidence on Prevalence and the Role of Education from Five Data Sets
RAND Center for the Study of Aging, 2010This paper investigates how educational attainment may affect the prevalence of disability among older Koreans, a population for whom the association between health and education has been little studied.DocumentFrom social safety net to social policy? The role of conditional Cash transfers in welfare state Development in Latin America
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009Since the early 1990s, conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been adopted by countries across Latin America as central elements of their poverty reduction strategies. CCTs share three components in common: a cash transfer, a targeting mechanism, and conditionality.DocumentImpact of HIV and AIDS on the elderly: A case study of Chiladzulu district
Malawi Medical Journal, 2012HIV may affect the elderly in a number of ways.DocumentNutrition and baseline survey of older people in three refugee camps in Dadaab
HelpAge International, 2011This report of a survey in camps in north-eastern Kenya shows that older people are vulnerable to malnutrition but often not recognised as such. It recommends how to measure older people’s nutritional status.DocumentBeyond Population: Everyone Counts in Development
Center for Global Development, USA, 2010The century from 1950 to 2050 will have witnessed the highest global population growth rate ever, the largest voluntary fall in the global population growth rate ever, and the most enormous demographic shift ever between the more developed and less developed regions.DocumentMaking migration a development factor: the case of North and West Africa
International Labour Organization, 2010Migration can be a positive factor in the development of countries of origin through two main channels - remittances and return migration. But, in looking at five countries (Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia) this report shows how the global financial crisis has aggravated the already difficult employment situation in North and West Africa.DocumentCivil Service and Military Pension Reforms in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
2011The 2008 Global Crisis and demographic trends in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore has increased the urgency of reforming their pension systems for enhancing financial, fiscal, and economic sustainability over a long period, and mitigating possible adverse economic impacts.DocumentSimulations of long-term returns and replacement rates in the Colombian pension system
BBVA Research, 2010This study is a theoretical exercise for Colombia that aims to simulate a variety of scenarios under a hypothetical scheme similar to the pension multi-funds currently in operation in Chile, Mexico and Peru.Pages