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Providing Income Security for the Elderly

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  • Daniel Jeongdae Lee

    (Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division, ESCAP)

  • Oliver Paddison

    (Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division, ESCAP)

  • Patrik Andersson

    (Social Development Division, ESCAP)

  • Manuel Mejido

    (Social Development Division, ESCAP)

  • Chad Anderson

    (Social Development Division, ESCAP)

Abstract

Despite high and long-lasting economic growth, inequalities are widening in most countries in Asia and the Pacific. Currently over 1.6 billion people in the region live on less than $2 per day, of which more than 740 million live on less than $1.25 per day, deprived of basic rights, and vulnerable to increased economic and environmental risks. Within this context, there is increasing consensus by national governments that these inequalities must be addressed in order to promote a more sustainable approach to development that upholds the rights of all people to income security and access to a minimum level of social services through more extensive social protection.

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  • Daniel Jeongdae Lee & Oliver Paddison & Patrik Andersson & Manuel Mejido & Chad Anderson, 2013. "Providing Income Security for the Elderly," MPDD Policy Briefs PB18, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
    • Handle: RePEc:unt:pbmpdd:pb18
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