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  Global aging and fiscal policy with international labor mobility: a political economy perspective

  International Monetary Fund, 2005

  This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal policy to examine aging in developed and developing regions. It looks at links between migration, aging, the economy and politics in sending countries.
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  Pensions in the Middle East and North Africa: time for change

  World Bank, 2005

  This report reviews more than 30 pension systems in 13 Middle Eastern and North African countries and calls for a series of measures to allow governments to gradually reform their unsustainable pensions systems, and thus avoid future crises.The report highlights six general problems with pension systems in the region:the pension promise is large and unaffordable.
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  MDGs must target poorest say older people

  HelpAge International, 2005

  This paper argues that if the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to deliver fair and equitable development that reaches the very poorest, an explicitly rights-based approach to poverty reduction is needed, in addition to greater financial commitment.It states that the elderly are are less likely to benefit from interventions because:they are often the most difficult to reach as the
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  The changing demographics of Roman Catholics

  Population Reference Bureau, 2005

  This briefing states that population growth taking place across the developing world and the slowly growing or declining population of the developed world means that Catholicism will increasingly be a religion practiced predominantly in developing countries. Predicted changes include:more than two-thirds of Catholics live in the developing world, and population projections indicate that
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  Is living longer always a good thing? The anomaly of longevity and human development in an ageing society

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This article questions whether it is still appropriate to rely on life expectancy as an indicator of a long and healthy life. The authors challenge the UN’s assumption that rising life expectancy inevitably signals positive human development, without considering its interaction with other indicators such as GDP per capita.
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  Ageing and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2005

  This study aims to analyse the poverty situation among the elderly (relative to other groups) in 15 low income countries Africa, and the role of social pensions.
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  Reforming social security: lessons from thirty countries

  National Center for Policy Analysis, USA, 2005

  This report argues that examining the social security systems of other countries may offer useful insights for the United States as it considers its own social security reforms towards but privately managed, funded plans. The experience of other countries suggests problems to be avoided and solutions to be emulated.
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  Minority elderly health and social care in Europe: summary findings of the Minority Elderly Care Project (MEC) Project

  Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity, 2004

  This research briefing provides an overview of the key results from the Minority Elderly Care Project (MEC) Project (2002-2004) across the 10 participating countries:UKFinlandFranceNetherlandsSpainGermanyHungaryBosnia-HerzegovinaCroatiaSwitzerlandThe aim of MEC project is to inform and help plan the nature and direction of provision of health and
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  Can rich countries afford to grow old?

  Vrouwen Web, 2005

  This paper focuses on the rich industrialisd countries that are facing some of the biggest future increases in old-age dependency. Among the industrial countries, Japan and southern European countries are particularly affected. These countries’ birth rates are below the industrial-country average.
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  Political economy and pensions in ageing societies: a note on how an impossible reform was implemented in Sweden

  Department of Economics, Lund University, Sweden, 2005

  This paper asks how was it possible to launch a suitable pension reform in Sweden when it, so far, has not been possible in other, similar countries?The paper provides a brief review of ageing and pay-as-you-go pension systems, looking at Swedish demographic development and pension history during the 20th century and discusses expected voting behaviour in response to the reformed systemThe a

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