Aging and Poverty in Africa and the Role of Social Pensions

Aging and Poverty in Africa and the Role of Social Pensions

In many low income African countries, three factors are placing an undue burden on the elderly: 1) the burden on the elderly has enormously increased with the increase in mortality of prime age adults due to the HIV-AIDS pandemic and regional confl...

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Main Author: Subbarao, Kalanidhi
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGING
CAREGIVERS
CASH TRANSFERS
COVARIATE SHOCKS
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
ELDERLY
ELIGIBILITY
HEALTH CARE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
MEANS TESTS
NATIONAL AVERAGE
NATIONAL LEVEL
POOR
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY REDUCTION
PUBLIC SPENDING
RELATIVE RANKING
RURAL AREAS
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
TARGETING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6240109/aging-poverty-africa-role-social-pensions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11785

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6240109/aging-poverty-africa-role-social-pensions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11785

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