Publications

The 18th briefing in our Pension Watch series summarises data from surveys and focus groups carried out by older citizen monitors with recipients of the Senior Citizens Grant in Uganda.

This is the Spanish translation of a discussion paper highlighting the types of violence, abuse and neglect older women experience, and offering recommendations for a collaborative approach to close the data, policy and programme gaps that prevent women living free from violence, including in older age.

The report explores the feasible means for electronic or digital delivery of social cash transfers and recommends options for piloting, and for wider scale-up through Government social protection schemes.

This is the Thai translation of a brief that explores growing older affect a person's income security in Thailand by assessing three of the most important income sources for older people: work, family and social protection. The analysis is based in part on results of a study of income security in five Asian countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, undertaken in partnership between HelpAge and UNFPA.

The is a summary of the report The Ageing of Myanmar's Farmer Population: Implications for Agriculture and Food Security which looks into the future age profile of Myanmar's smallholder agriculture population, the implications of an older farming population for Myanmar's agricultural future, and the broad policy and practice steps which would help Myanmar to best position itself for this future.

This brief explores growing older affect a person's income security in Thailand by assessing three of the most important income sources for older people: work, family and social protection. The analysis is based in part on results of a study of income security in five Asian countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, undertaken in partnership between HelpAge and UNFPA.

This brief is a summary of findings in the report "Impacts of migration on households in the dry zone, Myanmar".

This report examines how in the last five years migration has affected households in Myanmar's dry zone.

This brief explores growing older affect a person's income security in the Philippines by assessing three of the most important income sources for older people: work, family and social protection. The analysis is based in part on results of a study of income security in five Asian countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, undertaken in partnership between HelpAge and UNFPA.

This discussion paper highlights the types of violence, abuse and neglect older women experience, and offers recommendations for a collaborative approach to close the data, policy and programme gaps that prevent women living free from violence, including in older age.

This report summarises the key findings from a review of evidence on NCDs in Myanmar. It encompasses a review of published literature from 2000 to 2015 on NCDs and their risk factors, qualitative interviews with key actors engaged in NCD research in Myanmar, and additional reviews of ethical committee inquiries and post-graduate research on NCDs in Myanmar.

The report explores how the ageing of Myanmar's farming population will affect agricultural livelihood patterns and agricultural productivity. It considers the future age profile of Myanmar's smallholder agriculture population, the implications of an older farming population for Myanmar's agricultural future, and the broad policy and practice steps which would help Myanmar to best position itself for this future.