Averting the old age crisis : policies to protect the old and promote growth (English)

Systems providing financial security for the old are under increasing strain throughout the world. Rapid demographic transitions caused by rising life expectancy and declining fertility mean that the proportion of old to young is growing rapidly. Traditional safety nets, such as community and extended family care are weakening under the weight of this growing burden. Also in peril are the formal systems, such as government backed pensions, which have...

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Document Date
1994/09/30
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13584
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1
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1
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1994/08/01
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Disclosed
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Averting the old age crisis : policies to protect the old and promote growth
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Averting the old age crisis : policies to protect the old and promote growth (English). Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/973571468174557899

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