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  HIV/AIDS, social security and the two-tier structure of African economies

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This paper assesses the occurrence of HIV in Africa and its implications on both old-age support schemes and the two-tier economic structure in developing countries. It models a two-sector economy in a three-period overlapping generations framework where social security exists both formally as well as informally.
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  Social security scheme in Indonesia: an utopic programme?

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This paper examines the case of Indonesia, a country without a social security system up until now.
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  Adapting social security schemes to the challenges of a long life society: the Indian experience

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This paper examines India’s social security problems in relation to its ageing population and offers suggestions of how this may become less of a burden.The paper demonstrates that there are at present several schemes for providing old age and survivors benefit to the people in India but their coverage is small.
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  There is more to a decent income in lengthening old age than individual savings: a discussion of income security for old age in Singapore and Malaysia

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This paper compares the approaches to income provision for old age taken by both Singapore and Malaysia.Findings:individual savings alone do not represent the best option for income security into old ageincreased access to savings prior to retirement, through dedicated accounts and specified schemes, lessens the ability of provident funds to meet their primary objective, namely secu
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  Non-contributory pension schemes: a new model for social security in the South?

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This paper considers existing non-contributory pension programmes, or more accurately cash transfers for the old, in Africa and Latin America. It evaluates their impact on poverty and vulnerability of the old, on aggregate poverty, and on household investment in physical and human capital.
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  Population aging and the labour market: issues relevant for social security in Mexico

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This paper addresses the issue of the structures of wages and employment in Mexico in the light of their aging population.
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  The South African old age pension: exploring the role on poverty alleviation in households affected by HIV/AIDS

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This paper seeks to explore some pressing issues related to the consequences of the old age pension in households affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa.The paper examines the policy of the South African government to provide the elderly with a means-tested non-contributory old age pension, intended to be a poverty relief programme for the aged.
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  White or prosperous: how much migration does the ageing European Union need to maintain its standard of living in the twenty-first century?

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This paper attempts to assess what migratory inflows would be required if Europeans were to maintain a certain per capita GDP growth level (i.e. a proxy for the standard of living) over the coming decades. The reasoning is that if per capita GDP levels can be maintained then the social transfer systems are most likely sustainable.
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  Social security in a long living society: Brazilian experience in the Latin American context

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This report examines Brazil’s social security system and challenges some long held assumptions.Findings include:in contrast to statements made in the mainstream debate during the 1990s, Brazilian social security had positive effects on the economy and reduced poverty.
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  The efficiency of pension fund managers in Latin America

  Centre on Regulation and Competition, Manchester, 2001

  This paper provides an outline of the main features of the new pension fund management market established by pension reform and explains the focus on the efficiency of the new pension fund managers and identifies the key issues for analysis.

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