Four major trends are shaping our world: demographic transition, urban expansion, technological advancement, and frequent shocks from health and climate emergencies. Among the demographic shifts, aging...
The development objective of Anhui Aged Care System Demonstration Project for China is to support establishment and management of diversified aged care service system of Anhui Provincial Government. Some...
The development objective of the Anhui Aged Care System Demonstration Project for China is to support establishment and management of diversified aged care service system of Anhui Provincial Government...
The purpose of this study is to assess the differences between older men and women (aged sixty and above) residing in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area in order to better understand gender disparities and...
Across Europe, strategies and services to promote ‘active ageing’ are receiving increased attention from policy makers. Policies that provide targeted care for older people are a key tool in the 'active...
The purpose of this report is to support the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA) to modernize and improve ALTC (aged long-term care) services for elderly people in Greece. The findings presented...
The Vietnamese Social Security Institute (VSS) administers mandatory social insurance benefits for six different contingencies - sickness, maternity, old-age and survivorship (pension), labor accident...
Thailand’s labor market faces several challenges. Labor force participation has been declining, the shift of jobs out of the low-productivity agriculture sector has slowed, and informality is the norm...
Croatia’s long-term care (LTC) needs will increase substantially in years to come and under investment is not only limiting the country’s productivity but increasing poverty and compromising the sustainability...
In a fiscally expansionary context, policy makers in Croatia must keep in mind the redistributive role of fiscal policies, particularly their impact on inequality and poverty. This paper uses both household...
The note presents an overview of the challenges and opportunities that Jordanian policymakers could consider when discussing a strategy to expand coverage of social security, with adequate, sustainable...
Since 2004, pension reform in Montenegro has been actively implemented through a series of measures, some of them right and some debatable. Parallel to the standard raising of retirement age, widening...
Albania introduced important parametric reforms to its Defined Benefit (DB) pension system in 2015, with some reforms still in the process of being fully implemented, such as the increase in retirement...
After a temporary reduction of pensions in 2014, Serbia was able to reduce pension costs to below 11 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018. The country still faces challenges with regard to the...
The objective of the Social Assistance Project is to support the Government of Lesotho in improving the efficiency and equity of selected social assistance programs. With reference to the Government request...
The 2017 pension reform strengthened fiscal and social sustainability of the pension system in Moldova; yet, the gains of this reform were not sustained for long. The reform was designed to: (i) ensure...