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    The extension of social security coverage in developing countries

    Department of Economics, Towson University, 2011
    Individuals in developing countries face a shortage of formal risk-sharing instruments and therefore rely largely on informal cash transfers from family members for insurance purposes. This paper studies the effects of introducing a social pension program to elderly informal sector workers in developing countries who lack formal risk-sharing mechanisms against income and longevity risk.
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    Population aging: some economic and social consequences of population aging

    Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada, 2008
    The continued participation of older people in the economic life is a key factor to their own well-being as well as that of their nations on the whole. Covering Canada specifically, this paper looks at possible and appropriate policies that can accommodate the demographic fact of life.
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    Global ageing – its implications for growth, decent work and social protection beyond 2015

    HelpAge International, 2012
    Older people account for an increasing proportion of the world’s population today, and this number continues to grow. This paper highlights that national policies and programmes should be shaped to support older people and recognise their needs for secure livelihoods, and their rights to decent work and social protection.
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    Transforming research and policy

    Centre for Social Protection, 2012
    This report provides a concise picture of the Centre for Social Protection’s approach, key areas of work and accomplishments over the last six years. It aims to inform current and potential partners and stakeholders about who CSP are and how they work. The Centre for Social Protection (CSP) is a global hub for research, policy analysis, and capacity building in social protection.
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    Shocks and Social Protection in the Horn of Africa: Analysis from the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
    Using panel data from the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program, this paper explores the degree to which this social protection programme has been successful in protecting its beneficiaries against the various shocks that have affected the Horn of Africa in the recent past.
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    Poverty Target Programs for The Elderly In India with Special Reference to National Old Age Pension Scheme, 1995

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2012
    Formal old age care is a supplement to informal old age care and not its substitute, and it is increasingly being felt that the two forms of care should be woven together. This paper looks into various aspects of the old age pension debate and related policies in India.
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    Swaziland old age grant impact assessment

    HelpAge International, 2010
    Cash transfers are increasingly seen as a popular form of social protection, representing a solution to reducing absolute poverty and food insecurity for vulnerable groups. The Swaziland Old Age Grant (OAG) was introduced in 2005 as a universal grant to all Swazi citizens over 60 years of age, many of whom are caring for orphaned children in their households.
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    Ageing, Human Rights and Public Policies

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010
    Two aspects of ageing of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean are of particular concern. One is that the population is ageing faster in the region than it did historically in developed countries.
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    Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades and the emergence of social assistance in Latin America

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010
    This paper provides an overview of the political and economic context under which Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades was introduced to prelude the emergence of social assistance in Latin America. The paper identifies four distinctive features of the programme that were revolutionary in their own right.
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    Impacts of social protection programmes in Ethiopia on child work and education

    Young Lives, 2008
    Social protection measures are becoming an increasingly important policy tool for African governments. These measures have important potential for reducing poverty and positive impacts on child well-being.

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