Longer lives not only deliver social benefits but are also crucial from an economic perspective. If supported, longevity can yield productivity gains in terms of a larger, experienced labour force, as well as in contributions to society such as caregiving and volunteering. This collection of ESRC-DFID funded research shows that in many settings, universal cash transfers and social pension programmes are providing much-needed financial support to older people.ESRC-DFI
Whether social protection benefits should be assigned to all (universal) or kept only for those who ...
Across advanced capitalist economies, demographic change has lead to older adults constituting a lar...
In 2012, the University of Bristol’s Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC) and the International L...
Longer lives not only deliver social benefits but are also crucial from an economic perspective. If ...
A growing number of low and middle income countries have introduced social pension programs for olde...
Progress has been made in reducing pensioner poverty, however, around a third of pensioners do not c...
Well-designed and properly implemented social protection programs, through cash transfers have the p...
The result was supported by the students’ project “Wealth and poverty as a problem in terms of econo...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Old age pension serves as a poverty alleviation ...
Most Kenyans lack financial resources for retirement and rely on their families, yet the family is b...
Pensioner poverty is on the rise. While poverty in the overall population has remained relatively st...
The current conversation is one of global citizenship, which binds together national and internation...
The relative income positions and welfare of elderly persons in the EU are analysed using data from ...
In many low income African countries, three factors are placing an undue burden on the elderly. Firs...
Having made rapid improvements in life expectancy and fertility as a result of significant investmen...
Whether social protection benefits should be assigned to all (universal) or kept only for those who ...
Across advanced capitalist economies, demographic change has lead to older adults constituting a lar...
In 2012, the University of Bristol’s Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC) and the International L...
Longer lives not only deliver social benefits but are also crucial from an economic perspective. If ...
A growing number of low and middle income countries have introduced social pension programs for olde...
Progress has been made in reducing pensioner poverty, however, around a third of pensioners do not c...
Well-designed and properly implemented social protection programs, through cash transfers have the p...
The result was supported by the students’ project “Wealth and poverty as a problem in terms of econo...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Old age pension serves as a poverty alleviation ...
Most Kenyans lack financial resources for retirement and rely on their families, yet the family is b...
Pensioner poverty is on the rise. While poverty in the overall population has remained relatively st...
The current conversation is one of global citizenship, which binds together national and internation...
The relative income positions and welfare of elderly persons in the EU are analysed using data from ...
In many low income African countries, three factors are placing an undue burden on the elderly. Firs...
Having made rapid improvements in life expectancy and fertility as a result of significant investmen...
Whether social protection benefits should be assigned to all (universal) or kept only for those who ...
Across advanced capitalist economies, demographic change has lead to older adults constituting a lar...
In 2012, the University of Bristol’s Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC) and the International L...