Aging and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions : Envejecimiento y pobreza en Africa y el rol de las pensiones sociales (espagnol)

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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INFORMATION

  • Subbarao,Kalanidhi;

  • 2006/01/01

  • Fiche

  • 33369

  • 1

  • 1

  • Afrique,

  • Afrique,

  • 2010/07/01

  • Disclosed

  • Envejecimiento y pobreza en Africa y el rol de las pensiones sociales

  • Aging

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