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    Income, aging, health and wellbeing around the world: evidence from the Gallup World Poll

    Research Program in Development Studies, Princeton University, 2007
    This paper looks at the effects of age on self-reported wellbeing in 132 countries. It covers life satisfaction,  health, and disability, with how these change with age, and with how the effects of age differ across countries according to their level of development and their region of the world.
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    Pension liabilities of the central government: projections and implications

    ESocialSciences, 2007
    A consensus appears to have been reached among economists, financial experts, planners and policy makers that the present non-contributory and defined benefit nature of the Indian pension system for all government employees is unsustainable and needs to be changed forthwith.
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    Optimum Population Trust

    Think tank in the UK concerned with the impact of population growth on the environment.
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    Youthquake: population, fertility and environment in the 21st century

    Optimum Population Trust, 2007
    Every country - not merely those in the developing world - would benefit from a national population policy that takes environmental sustainability into account. The planet faces the biggest generation of adolescents and teenagers in its history - a "youthquake", with major social, political and demographic implications.
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    From red to gray: the third transition of aging populations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

    World Bank, 2007
    The countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are experiencing a third transition, a transition that overlaps with their recent political and economic transitions. This third transition is unique.
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    World economic and social survey 2007: development in an ageing world

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2007
    The World Economic and Social Survey 2007analyses the challenges and opportunities associated with ageing populations and aims to facilitate discussions in furthering the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, adopted in 2002. In particular it looks at the following issues:
  • Organisation

    HSBC Global Forum on Ageing and Retirement

    HSBC Global Forum on Ageing and Retirement is an online community of the world's authorities in the field of ageing and retirement.
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    Time to mainstream micro-pensions in India

    ESocialSciences, 2007
    This paper argues that micro-pensions can play a limited but useful role if they are brought into the mainstream of the financial system. It looks at the nature and design of micro-pensions in , discusses channels for expanding coverage of micro-pensions is and highlights reform directions.
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    Realizing the demographic dividend: is Africa any different?

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2007
    With solid institutional settings, Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have the potential to reap the benefits of a demographic dividend. This paper examines whether the determinants of growth and the effects of demography are different in Africa than for the rest of the world. Two main results emerge from its empirical analysis:
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    Responsible investment in focus: how leading public pension funds are meeting the challenge

    United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
    This report highlights responsible investment strategies being employed by some of the world’s leading public pension funds. It contains 15 case studies offering a snapshot of some of the most advanced approaches to responsible investment around the world.

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