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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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  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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  Human rights of older persons in india - a national study

  Agewell Foundation, 2011

  The population of India has approximately tripled during the last 50 years, but the number of elderly Indians has increased more than fourfold.  Better medical facilities, care and liberal family planning policies made the elderly the fastest growing section of the society in India - average life expectancy has also gone up to over 70 years today.
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  Developing a social assistance strategy for the SADC region based on the success of Brazil’s Bolsa Familia programme

  Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007

  Given the recent interest in South Africa for developing a basic income grant, it is useful to study successful examples of social grant implementation to ascertain the challenges and opportunities associated with such a system.
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  Assuring income security in old age: views of the Mongolian elderly

  Global Action on Aging, 2010

  The proportion of older persons in Mongolia (those aged 60 years and over) is currently estimated at less than 7 per, but this is expected to increase to nearly 25 per cent by 2050. This trend is due to declining levels of fertility and improvements in life expectancy and survival rates to older ages.
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  Current status of the social situation, wellbeing, participation in development and rights of older persons worldwide, draft report

  Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2010

  This draft report provides a overview of ageing-related issues at the national and regional levels, building upon the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the 65th session of the General Assembly. It discusses the social and economic wellbeing of older persons and specifically looks at:
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  Economic security arrangements in the context of population ageing in India

  Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2010

  Life expectancy in India is rising steadily.  However, a combination of migration out of rural areas and the continued concentration of the working population in the informal sector, means there is a pressing need for better economic security arrangements for the elderly. Women in particular face specific disadvantages in ensuring their economic security.
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  Social transfers: a critical strategy to meet the MDGs

  HelpAge International, 2010

  Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty, and have improved income security, access to education, health status and gender equality across other age groups.
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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, 2010

  Alleviating 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:

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