This report provides a comparative investigation of the income security of older people in five Asian countries that have diverse contexts; namely, Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The report paints a picture of the multiple sources of income [...]
HelpAge International will organise a webinar entitled "Old age social protection in an ageing Asia: current trends and future directions" on socialprotection.org to present the report. This webinar will discuss the findings from new research by HelpAge International, supported by [...]
This briefing is about informal social protection systems in rural communities in Myanmar's central dry zone. It is based on qualitative research conducted in March 2016 in villages of Mahlaing township (Mandalay region) and Pakokku township (Magway region) in [...]
What are the main sources of income in old age? The direct answer is (a) family and informal support (b) earnings from work and income generating activities in old age if one continues to be economically active (c) life [...]
HelpAge International (Myanmar Country Office), with funding from LIFT donor consortium, has embarked on a three-year project to expand social protection to vulnerable households in Myanmar’s central dry zone. The project seeks to strengthen community and government capacity to [...]
This charter of recommendations emerged from the Global Coalition of Social Protection Floors meeting at New Delhi, India (27-29th January, 2016). Twenty-five representatives from five different regions came together to talk with each other, to exchange best practices, to converse on the dilemmas [...]
The report presents the latest social security trends and provides information on social protection systems, coverage, benefits and expenditures in more than 190 countries. Language: English Published: International Labour Organization (ILO), 2014 Size: 17.9 MB Download [...]
The study provides an overview of the social protection situation in each of the ten ASEAN Member States, using the framework of the four Guarantees adopted in 2012 under the ILO’s Social Protection Floors Recommendation (No. 202). The report [...]
This policy paper: (i) provides a global overview of the organization of pension systems, their coverage and benefits, as well as public expenditures on social security, in 178 countries; (ii) analyses trends and recent policies, e.g. extension of coverage [...]
26 January 2015 - Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar kicked off the new year by adopting a new strategy that attempts to provide a social safety net to all its citizens for the first time. Created in consultation with various development [...]
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