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  The Chinese pension system – first results on assessing the reform options

  Economic Commission for Europe, UN, 2010

  The Chinese population, totalling 1.3 billion, is ageing fast. The Chinese pension system covers only 55% of urban employees and reaches a very small part of the rural population. 
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  Universal minimum old age pensions impact on poverty and fiscal cost in 18 Latin American countries

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2010

  In Latin America, five countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay - have non-contributory pensions.  But pension coverage rates remain below 30% in half of Latin American countries.
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  Social protection in sub-Saharan Africa: will the green shoots blossom?

  Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010

  Interest in social protection has grown rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade. This paper provides an overview of the recent extension of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Forgotten workforce: older people and their right to decent work

  HelpAge International, 2010

  This report is about older people in low- and middle-income countries and the work they do. It discusses the reasons why older people work, the types of work they do, and the challenges they face.
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  Pension reform options for Russia and Ukraine: a critical analysis of available options and their expected outcomes with a focus on labour market

  Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland, 2010

  This paper analyses key problems related to pension systems and their reforms in Russia and Ukraine, comparing the two cases with OECD countries in general case as well as selected countries. The document reviews 22 options proposed /implemented/to be implemented in Russia and Ukraine in the context of reforming pension system, elaborating possible effects on labour market and restructurin
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  Ageing in the Caribbean: exploring some major concerns for family and society

  Global Action on Aging, 2010

  At the start of the 21st century, the Caribbean population of older persons - those 60 years and older - was larger than ever before in the history of the region.
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  Global Extension of Social Security

  GESS is a global knowledge sharing platform on the extension of social security and aims to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, capture and document experiences, identify knowledge gaps,
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  Providing greater old-age security in China

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010

  China’s population is ageing fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. Migration of the young to urban areas is raising the proportion of the elderly in the rural population and the increase in the old-age dependency ratio will be even more pronounced in rural than in urban areas.
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  Older-age parents and the AIDS epidemic in Thailand: changing impacts in the era of antiretroviral therapy

  Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on Older Persons, 2010

  This report focuses on the implications of the AIDS epidemic on older aged parents, in particular in the context of the increasing availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART). The report examines the situation in Thailand and focuses on Thai parents of adults on ART.
• Organisation

  The Grandmother Project

  The Grandmother Project (GMP) is an international development organisation working globally to improve the health and well being of women and children.Areas of focus:

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