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    Live long and prosper: aging in East Asia and Pacific

    World Bank Publications, 2016
    As a region, East Asia and Pacific is ageing rapidly. The region is home to over a third of the global population ages 65 and older—mostly in China—and to more old people than any other region.
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    Caring for wellbeing

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2011
    Commissioned by the Bellagio Initiative as part of their Future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of Human Wellbeing series, this paper by IDS fellows Marzia Fontana and Rosalind Eyben presents an alternative to the development field’s traditional emphasis on economic growth over human wellbeing, and its ignorance of care as a public good that sustains and reproduces society and ma
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    The hegemony cracked: the power guide to getting care onto the development agenda.

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
    Numerous factors have played their part in keeping care of the development agenda: silence from government allows them to pass on the costs to families and communities rather than financing care as a public good; self-interest and peer-group dynamics have contributed to development practitioners avoiding the issue; and those most affected - the caregivers themselves - are often those who are mo
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    Seen, heard and counted: rethinking care in a development context

    Development and Change Journal, 2012
    This is a diverse collection of contributions covering various aspects of care from around the world, from Chinese women’s burdens under economic reform, to the political and social organisation of childcare in Argentina.
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    Valuing and compensating caregivers for their contributions to community health and development in the context of HIV and AIDS: an agenda for action

    Huairou Commission, 2010
    This paper concerns the valuation and compensation of caregivers for their ongoing contribution to community health and development in the context of HIV and AIDS.
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    Measuring the economic and social value of domestic work

    International Labour Organization, 2011
    It is generally accepted within law and practice on domestic work that it is undervalued, underpaid, unprotected, and poorly regulated.This policy brief represents a summary of a subsequently published working paper on this theme, and addresses two key questions: What is the real value of domestic work? And how can this value be measured?
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    Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA)

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    Female labor force participation and informal care of adults: evidence for a middle-income country

    Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile, 2012
    The provision of elderly care is an issue of increasing importance in Latin American countries. This paper analyses the relationship between providing informal care to adults and labour outcomes in Chile - a middle-income Latin American country with a rapidly ageing population.
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    Long term care policies for older populations in new EU member states and Coratia: challenges and oportunities

    Europe and Central Asia, World Bank, 2011
    Experience from OECD countries shows long term care (LTC) for the elderly is expensive and generates financial burden for individuals and households.  The increasing “good practice” in OECD countries is to promote a policy of universal coverage.
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    World Alzheimer Report 2010: the global economic impact of dementia

    Alzheimer's Disease International, 2010
    Aound 0.5% of the world’s total population currently live with dementia. The total estimated worldwide costs of dementia are US$604 billion in 2010. This report argues that these figures are a great cause for concern.

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