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    Social panorama of Latin America 2009

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009
    This paper links trends in poverty and income distribution with social protection systems, placing special emphasis on how these systems have responded to the social impacts of recent crisis. The report notices that the different states of the region vary in their preparedness to protect at-risk groups in an economic downturn. The paper underlines these findings:
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    Social protection policy: responses to older people’s needs in Zanzibar

    HelpAge International, 2009
    Zanzibar runs a system of contributory pensions (the ZSSF) covering those employed in the public and formal sectors.  But overall, only about 40 per cent of older people receive any form of cash payment in their old age. Changing family structures, migration and general poverty have eroded traditional patterns of support, and even where support exists, it is normally inadequate.
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    Religion, politics and governance in Pakistan

    International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2009
    This paper examines the relationships between Muslim organisations and government in Pakistan. The paper explores the influence of religion on development policy formulation and public administration. In particular, the paper tries to investigate whether religion can play the role of a driver for change in pro-poor policy and practice.
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    What can we do about pensions?

    Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2009
    This paper sets out some of the problems with Canada's pension system and outlines some of the options that have been proposed to deal with them.
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    The impact of population ageing on the Czech economy

    Czech National Bank, Czech Republic, 2009
    The Czech Republic is facing a population-ageing phenomenon, and its demographic structure is expected to change dramatically, which might have a significant impact on the Czech economy. This paper analyses the potential effects of the expected demographic changes on aggregate economic performance taking into account alternative fiscal policy setups.
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    Eliciting individual preferences for pension reform

    CESifo, 2009
    Pension reform is nowadays in the forefront of the political agenda of many European countries. Using ireland as an example country, this paper analyses the different forces that can affect people’s evaluation of the state pension system. The main focus of the paper is to answer the following questions:
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    The disconnect between education, job growth and employment in Jordan

    Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue, 2009
    The economic volatility evident in Jordan has been driven largely by Jordan’s dependence on workers’ remittances and foreign aid. Furthermore, conflict in the region has fundamentally changed the economy and demography of Jordan.
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    Targeting social cash transfers

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2009
    In the process of defining the target group for the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme (SCTS) the Government had to choose between universal targeting and poverty targeting and between categorical concepts and inclusive concepts.
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    Paid work, women's empowerment and gender justice: critical pathways of social change

    London School of Economics, 2008
    This paper explores the contradictions and contestations that characterise debates about the relationship between paid work and women's empowerment. 
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    Brazil’s rural pension system, its development and impacts: lessons for China

    New Dynamics of Ageing, 2009
    Like Brazil in the 1960s, China is now facing problems of large geographical inequalities, as well high rates of rural to urban migration of younger aged adults. However, rural older people account for a much higher share of China‟s total population than in Brazil. This both increases the urgency for universal pension provision and increases the economic cost of doing so.

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