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  • Organisation

    Asia Development Research Forum (ADRF)

    Programme initated by IDRC, and part it its Pan Asia Networking (PAN) programme.Aims to to facilitate networking among research and policy institutions which are active in the Asian region, to assi
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    HelpAge International

    Campaigns on behalf of the world's older population.
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    VENA Library and Information Services (VENA LIS)

    Maintains a bibliographical database with descriptions of 18,000 documents and 50 journals containing studies in the field of feminist anthropology that deal with the position of women in relation to
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    Population Index

    Online version of the printed quarterly demographic bibliography "Population Index". Full contents of all issues from 1986 to date are currently available.
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    Saving and demographic change: the global dimension

    Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, 2007
    Falling long-term interest rates worldwide have led some policy-makers to speculate on the emergence of a glut of global saving. However, why is there a large saving shortfall in the United States, and why is there such a large excess in the rest of the world?
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    An assessment of reform options for the public service pension fund in Uganda

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
    This paper analyses the future liabilities that the Ugandan Public Service Pensions Fund (PSPF) might accumulate under the provisions of the Pension Act (CAP 286), unless it is reformed.
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    An inquiry into well-being and destitution of widows in Rajasthan

    International Budget Partnership, 2007
    This study of Rajasthan argues that rural women in Rajasthan constitute the most deprived, downtrodden, illiterate, neglected and the weakest group of the population.
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    Social security and retirement reform: a second discussion paper

    National Treasury, Government of South Africa, 2007
    South Africa’s social security reform challenge is unusual in several respects. A redistributive social assistance programme is in place and there are well-established occupational and individual retirement funding schemes, but South Africa lacks a basic, pooled, mandatory contributory system.
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    Greening the greys: climate change and the over 50s

    Climate Talk, 2007
    Known as the baby boomers, this report reveals that the population aged 50-64, have the highest carbon footprint in the UK compared to other age groups. The authors argue that whilst their understanding of the full range of impacts of climate change is often limited, the majority of the over 50s are motivated about climate change.
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    Baby boomers: towards the end of an era

    Institut national d'études démographiques / French National Institute of Demographic Studies, 2007
    In industrialised countries, the demography of the last sixty years has been shaped by the baby boom generations, while the next half-century will be marked by their retirement and death. Will it become easier for young people to find jobs? Will the needs of dependent old people place new pressure on resources?

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