Social protection for older persons
Subtitle: social pensions in Asia
By: edited by Sri Wening Handayani and Babken Babajanian
Contributors: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9789290927266; 9789290927273
Subjects: Population aging; Old age pensions
Notes: "Publication stock no. BKK124774"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The challenge of rapid aging, development of social pensions in Asia / Sri Wening Handayani; title: The political economy of social pension reform in Asia / Katja Hujo and Sarah Cook; title: Social pensions for the elderly in Asia / Mukul G. Asher; title: The design and implementation of social pensions for older persons in Asia / Michael Samson; title: Gender and old-age pension protection in Asia / Athina Vlachantoni andJane Falkingham; title: Providing social security in old age, the International Labour Organization view / Krzysztof Hagemejer and Valerie Schmitt; title: Development of the old-age allowance system in Thailand / Worawet Suwanrada and Dharmapriya Wesumperuma; title: Social pensions in Viet Nam / Giang Thanh Long and Dharmapriya Wesumperuma; title: Overview of the old age allowance programme in Bangladesh / Sharifa Begum and Dharmapriya Wesumperuma; title: Nepal's senior citizens allowance / Michael Samson; title: Social protection for older people in Central Asia and the South Caucasus / Jane Falkingham and Athina Vlachantoni; title: Social transfers for older persons / Babken Babajanian.