Social protection has increasingly been recognised as one of the most effective measures to tackle poverty and inequality. The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Social Protection Floors Recommendation (no. 202) promotes four guarantees to ensure basic income security throughout the life cycle. Target 1.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals [...]
Myay Padaung, a village in Magway’s Pakokku township in central Myanmar, may not have electricity, but that is not preventing it from embracing new technologies to support all members of the community. Basket-weaving has long been a traditional skill [...]
How would you describe the historical relationship between older people and their families, especially as concerns ensuring income security and material wellbeing? As the majority of older people, especially in developing Asia, are not covered by any social security system and their own income depends on [...]
This report examines the opportunities and challenges involved in gathering, analysing and making available to decision-makers, practitioners, and older people themselves, the high quality data needed to ensure the inclusion of older populations in global development plans and policies. [...]
Our world is ageing and, in some countries and regions, rapidly. The fact that people now live longer, in better health, and generally in better conditions than ever before is a remarkable success story. But what opportunities and challenges [...]
What are some of the reasons that make social protection for older people so important, economically and socially? A large number of older people are either poor or vulnerable to sudden change, and they enter into retirement [...]
In this edition, we feature a recent study on income security and an interview with Dr Bazlul Haque Khondker, an expert economist from Bangladesh discussing social protection. We also report meetings to push forward universal pension schemes in Myanmar [...]
Regional learning network on women’s financial security in old age ILC Singapore (ILC-S), a Tsao Foundation Initiative and member of the International Longevity Centre Global Alliance, kicked-off a collaborative research on women’s impoverishment with the main goal to advocate for [...]
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 [...]
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