Aging and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions (English)

In many low income African countries, three factors are placing an undue burden on the elderly: 1) the burden on the elderly has enormously increased with the increase in mortality of prime age adults due to the HIV-AIDS pandemic and regional conflicts; 2) the traditional safety net of the extended family has become ineffective and unreliable for the elderly; and, 3) in a few countries, the elderly are called upon to shoulder the responsibility of...

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Subbarao,Kalanidhi;
Document Date
2005/01/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
33369
Volume No
1
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1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Aging and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions
Keywords
social pension

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Subbarao,Kalanidhi.

Aging and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions (English). Social Safety Nets Primer Notes ; No. 19 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/233461468210878443

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