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Economic security arrangements in the context of population ageing in India
Harvard Initiative for Global Health, 2010Life expectancy in India is rising steadily. However, a combination of migration out of rural areas and the continued concentration of the working population in the informal sector, means there is a pressing need for better economic security arrangements for the elderly. Women in particular face specific disadvantages in ensuring their economic security.DocumentSocial transfers: a critical strategy to meet the MDGs
HelpAge International, 2010Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty, and have improved income security, access to education, health status and gender equality across other age groups.DocumentThe impact of a minimum pension on old age poverty and its budgetary cost. Evidence from Latin America.
Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, 2010Alleviating old age poverty requires a different approach from other age groups. This paper examines the impact on old age poverty and the fiscal cost of universal minimum old age pensions in Latin America using recent household survey data for 18 countries. The authors:DocumentThe Global Economic Crisis and Developing Countries
Oxfam, 2010Oxfam’s research on the global economic crisis looks at 12 countries, an is combined in this report with the findings of studies by a range of universities, think tanks, and international organisations.DocumentChina’s rapidly aging population: program and policy implications
Population Reference Bureau, 2010The proportion of elderly citizens in China will continue to grow very quickly, as a combination of China’s one-child policy and low mortality takes effect, increasing the stress on an already troubled health care system. Only 40 percent of elderly males and just 13 percent of elderly females receive any kind of support from a pension:DocumentFertility impact of social transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa – what about pensions?
Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010Whilst the impact on fertility of child-related cash transfer in developing countries is fiercely debated, the author of this paper argues that little attention is paid to the fertility impact of old-age cash transfers.DocumentThe impact of the financial crisis on defined benefit plans and the need for counter-cyclical funding regulations
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010This paper discusses the impact of the crisis on DB pension schemes and the temporary responses taken by regulators to help ease financially strained plan sponsors. It also presents suggestions to governments and policy-makers for making funding regulations more counter-cyclical in nature, in order to strengthen the security of DB benefits and help to maintain future DB plans.DocumentThe Chinese pension system – first results on assessing the reform options
Economic Commission for Europe, UN, 2010The 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.DocumentUniversal minimum old age pensions impact on poverty and fiscal cost in 18 Latin American countries
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2010In 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.DocumentPension 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, 2010This 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 restructurinPages