Ageing 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. First, the burden on the elderly has enormously increased with the increase in mortality of prime age adults due to HIV AIDS pandemic and regional conflicts. Second, the traditional safety net of the ext...

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Main Authors:	Kakwani, Nanak, Subbarao, Kalanidhi
Format:	Other Poverty Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE ADULTS AFFORDABILITY AGED AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE POVERTY CATEGORICAL TARGETING CHARACTER CHILDREN IN POVERTY COPING STRATEGIES CULTURAL PRACTICES DATA SETS DEATH RATE DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DYING ELDERLY ELDERLY LIVING ELIGIBILITY EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILIES FAMILY SUPPORT GDP HEAD COUNT RATIO HEAD-COUNT RATIO HEALTH CARE HIV/AIDS HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD TYPES HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME SHORTFALL INDIVIDUAL POVERTY INFANTS INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTORS INTERVENTION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CURRENCY LOW INCOME MALARIA MIDDLE AGE MIGRATION MORTALITY MOTIVATION NATIONAL AVERAGE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY LINES PARENTS PER CAPITA INCOMES POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATIO POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY SCHOOL PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SPENDING RELATIVE RANKING RISK GROUPS RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY TRADE OFFS URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY VULNERABLE GROUPS YOUNG ADULTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5773986/ageing-poverty-africa-role-social-pensions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8535

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