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    Off the grid: exploring the expanding informal economy and threats to old-age social protection in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

    HelpAge International, 2011
    Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan face the simultaneous challenges of a ballooning informal labour force and an ageing population. Pension systems will have difficulty providing adequate social protection to future generations of older people, especially those without formal labour records.
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    Challenges of formal social security systems in Sudan

    Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2011
    ‘Social Protection Floor’ means an access to essential services and social transfers for the poor and vulnerable. Sudan, the author of this report argues, embodies the necessity for such schemes. The paper shows that poverty in Sudan is deeply entrenched and that is largely rural. The author notes that poverty particularly affects  farmers who practice rainfed agriculture.
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    Population aging and individual attitudes toward immigration: disentangling age, cohort and time effects

    Philipps-University Marburg, 2011
    In the face of rising old-age dependency ratios in industrialised countries, the loosening of immigration policies is discussed as an option to ensure sustainability of public social security systems. However, the feasibility of this option in aging countries is doubtable; older individuals are thought to be more averse to immigration.
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    Demographic trends and international capital flows in an integrated world

    Centre for Research in Economic Analysis, 2011
    Demographic projections for the 21st century indicate that population is ageing all over the world. This paper examines the impact of projected demographic trends on international capital flows.
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    The price of income security in older age: cost of a universal pension in 50 low- and middle-income countries

    HelpAge International, 2011
    Social pensions are a vehicle for reducing the poverty of the population as a whole. This paper reviews the cost of universal pensions, suggesting that the cost of universal pensions in developing countries today is affordable.
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    Good practice in the development of management information systems for social protection

    HelpAge International, 2011
    Management information systems (MISs) are core to the design of social protection schemes. This working paper examines good practice in the design of MISs for social protection. The paper argues that discussions on the design and implementation of social protection MISs should move away from the narrow view that they consist only of software and hardware.
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    Program on the Global Demography of Aging (PGDA)

    The output of the Program on the Global Demography of Aging is in the form of research seminars, working papers, publications, workshops and research proposals.
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    Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

    World Bank, 2011
    Country listing of life expectancy. Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
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    Ageing faster with AIDS in Africa

    The Lancet, 2011
    This paper, published by The Lancet, contends that as the AIDS epidemic matures, evidence is emerging that poorly managed HIV infection exacerbates ageing diseases, leading to increased morbidity and mortality, and that exacerbated chronic diseases should now be considered AIDS-related.
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    Community based homecare for older people in South East Asia

    HelpAge International, 2011
    This paper outlines the growing need for community-based home care for older people in South East Asia. It explains the model of home care introduced by HelpAge Korea in collaboration with HelpAge International in the 10 countries of ASEAN.

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