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The impact of a minimum pension on old age poverty and its budgetary cost. Evidence from Latin America.
Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, 2010Alleviating old age poverty requires a different approach from other age groups. This paper examines the impact on old age poverty and the fiscal cost of universal minimum old age pensions in Latin America using recent household survey data for 18 countries. The authors:DocumentAgeing, human rights and public policies
CEPAL - ECLAC Database, 2010This book examines the ageing phenomenon in Latin American countries from the demographic perspectives, and the guaranteeing of human rights in old-age. The book catches two notable facts about the region: population is ageing faster in the region than it did historically in the developed countries; and poor coverage and quality of social protection systems are dominating.DocumentA comparative study of antiretroviral therapy assistance from parents and family members in Cambodia and Thailand
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2010In both Cambodia and Thailand, efforts to augment Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) treatment adherence are being made within a ‘continuum of care’ framework.OrganisationIndia Post
Indian Government department running postal services, part of Department of Post, Ministry of Communications & IT.DocumentReport of expert committee on harnessing the India Post network for financial inclusion
India Post, 2010The India Post network has over 155,000 branches - twice as many as the outreach of all commercial banks in India put together.DocumentChina’s rapidly aging population: program and policy implications
Population Reference Bureau, 2010The proportion of elderly citizens in China will continue to grow very quickly, as a combination of China’s one-child policy and low mortality takes effect, increasing the stress on an already troubled health care system. Only 40 percent of elderly males and just 13 percent of elderly females receive any kind of support from a pension:DocumentFertility impact of social transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa – what about pensions?
Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010Whilst the impact on fertility of child-related cash transfer in developing countries is fiercely debated, the author of this paper argues that little attention is paid to the fertility impact of old-age cash transfers.OrganisationBBVA Research (BBVA)
Research wing of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, a multinational banking and financial services organisation. Originally Spanish, it has a major presence in Latin America.DocumentThe impact of the financial crisis on defined benefit plans and the need for counter-cyclical funding regulations
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010This paper discusses the impact of the crisis on DB pension schemes and the temporary responses taken by regulators to help ease financially strained plan sponsors. It also presents suggestions to governments and policy-makers for making funding regulations more counter-cyclical in nature, in order to strengthen the security of DB benefits and help to maintain future DB plans.DocumentAchieving income security in old age for all Tanzanians: a study into the feasibility of a universal social pension
HelpAge International, 2010In Tanzania, poverty rates amongst households containing an older person are 22.4 per cent higher than the national poverty rate. In the past, security in old age was provided through a range of social protection mechanisms based on the extended family and community structures, but these traditional mechanisms are increasingly unable to cope.Pages