Ageing and Development 28
Ageing and Development includes news and analysis of issues that affect older people.
Included on page six is a briefing explaining how HelpAge International is helping Tanzania take steps towards introducing a pension.
A new study from Tanzania shows that a universal social pension would be an affordable and feasible way of reducing old-age poverty and contributing to the country's
development.
The next step is to examine whether such an approach is feasible.
On this basis, the Ministry of Finance requested that HelpAge International work with the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development to conduct a study on the feasibility of a universal social pension.
The study was conducted between November 2009 and April 2010, with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
