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    Population aging, fiscal policies, and national saving: predictions for Korean economy

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006
    This paper evaluates the effects of population ageing and fiscal policies on national savings in Korea.
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    Large cash transfers to the elderly in South Africa

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 1996
    This paper critically examines the social pension system for the elderly in South Africa. The paper explores the impact of this cash transfer on allocation for food, schooling, transfers and savings.The paper begins by giving an overview of the social pension scheme in South Africa and how it operates.
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    The gender implications of pension reforms. General remarks and evidence from selected countries

    United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005
    This paper critically analyses the gender dimensions of pension schemes, drawing detailed examples from pension reform schemes in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. The paper provides the analysis along two axes: structures regulating the access to benefits and conditions that determine benefit levels.
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    Shaping the future of social protection: access, financing and solidarity

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2006
    The starting point for this study is the principle that a rights-based approach should be used in framing public policy. The study therefore seeks to address the challenge of combining the ethical aspect of social rights with viable ways of strengthening citizens’ entitlement to such rights in highly inequitable and relatively poor societies.
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    We can do better: lessons learned for protecting older persons in disasters

    American Association of Retired Persons International Section, 2006
    This report looks at the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the older population of the Gulf States of America.
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    Future characteristics of the elderly in developing countries and their implications for policy

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2006
    This paper generates profiles of the elderly to 2050 on key characteristics for a set of thirteen developing countries that vary by region, size, economic level, and cultural traditions. Findings show dramatic shifts in the educational attainment and family size of the elderly over the next 30-40 years.
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    Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: macroeconomic impact of an aging population in a highly open economy

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006
    This paper argues that if policies are left unchanged, population ageing could adversely affect growth and living standards in Hong Kong. While higher labour productivity growth and increased migration of younger skilled workers from the Chinese mainland, would attenuate the economic impact of ageing, they would not offset it fully.
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    The impact of AIDS on older-age parents in Cambodia

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2006
    This quantitative study of Cambodia looks at the impact of the death of a child due to AIDS on their older parents, and iams to directly contributes to improving data collection and analysis on the status, trends and socioeconomic impact of the epidemic, a recommendation specifically set out by Cambodian government in their efforts to meet the United Nations Millennium Goals.Findings from this
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    Mistreatment of older people in Aboriginal communities project : an investigation into elder abuse in Aboriginal communities

    Australian Institute of Criminology, 2006
    This report presents the findings of a survey and consultation of elderly abuse in Aboriginal communities of Western Australia. It argues that the abuse of older people is a largely hidden issue in the general community.
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    The pension scheme in Vietnam: current status and challenges in a aging society

    Vietnam Development Forum, 2004
    This paper describes the publicly-managed Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) defined-benefit pension scheme in Vietnam and analyses its financial sustainability in the context of an ageing society in a dynamically efficient economyBy using actuarial models developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the paper finds that the implicit pension debt (IPD) of the scheme is high in comparison with GD

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