Publications

Civil society organisations and older people themselves have a crucial part to play in the ten-year review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA). Ageways 77 explains how to get involved.

This report looks at the expansion of the informal labour market and the simultaneous ageing trend in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, in terms of their implications for social protection in old age.

This report looks at the expansion of the informal labour market and the simultaneous ageing trend in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, in terms of their implications for social protection in old age.

This issue of Ageing in Africa looks at poverty in old age. It highlights the role of social protection systems, such as universal pensions and cash transfers.

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This paper is a longer version of the briefing of the same name. It also looks at the present and future costs of universal pensions in the context of ageing populations in the global South.

This study looks at the feasibility of implementing a universal pension in Belize, considering the adequacy of existing social protection of older people, and the cost and affordability of a universal pension.

The fifth briefing in our Pension watch series aims to fill a gap in the literature on management information systems (MISs) by examining good practice in their design for social protection.