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- Social transfers: a critical strategy to meet the MDGs
- English
- 353 kb
- 2010
This paper outlines the crucial role that social transfers can play in reducing intergenerational and chronic poverty and accelerating progress to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
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- Forgotten workforce: older people and their right to decent work
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- 1.5 mb
- 2010
This report discusses the contribution older people in low- and middle- income countries make to their families and the economy. It looks at the reasons why older people work and the types of work they do.
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- Unreported lives: the truth about older people’s work
- English
- 994 kb
- 2010
This document summarises Forgotten workforce: older people and their right to decent work, highlighting the conditions of older workers in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Achieving income security in old age for all Tanzanians: a study into the feasibility of a universal social pension
- English
- 1.7 mb
- 2010
This report summarises the findings of an investigation into the feasibility of achieving universal access to old age income through a social pension system in Tanzania.
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- A snapshot of older people’s lives in rural Shaanxi: promoting older people’s participation in development in rural China
- English
- 327 kb
- 2010
This report is a result of a survey conducted in 12 villages in the Shaanxi province of China. It discusses the situation of older people including healthcare, education, migration, and the role of older people’s associations.
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- Strengthening older people's rights: towards a UN convention
- English
- 547 kb
- 2010
This document aims to strengthen understanding and awareness of the need for a convention on the rights of older persons.
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- Strengthening older people's rights: towards a UN convention (Russian)
- Russian
- 412 kb
- 2010
Russian translation of Strengthening older people's rights: towards a UN convention
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- Why it’s time for a convention on the rights of older people
- English
- 3.4 mb
- 2009
This paper details how older people’s rights are frequently violated and how a UN convention should be created to protect the rights of older people with the appointment of a special rapporteur to monitor it.
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- The loss of the middle ground: the impact of crises and HIV and AIDS on ‘skipped-generation’ households
- English
- 187 kb
- 2009
This document is a collaboration between HelpAge International the Overseas Development Institute, looking at the needs of households affected by HIV and AIDS.
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- Witness to climate change: learning from older people’s experience
- English
- 1.1 mb
- 2009
This paper looks at older people’s experience of climate change, their awareness of it and how it makes them vulnerable. It highlights older people’s exclusion from climate change debates.
