S Irudaya Rajan

Social Security for the Elderly

Experiences from South Asia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book gives an overview of the process of ageing in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Based on new field surveys, the book documents the existing policies and programme on pensions and social security and examines their fiscal implications for the economy and society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780415445436
• ISBN-10: 0415445434
• Artikelnr.: 26682003

Autorenporträt

S. Irudaya Rajan is Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. His primary field of research is demography. He has co-edited and collaborated in a number of books including Kerala's Demographic Transition: Determinants and Consequences; India's Elderly: Burden or Challenge?; Dynamics of Migration in Kerala: Determinants, Differentials and Consequences; An Aging India: Perspectives, Prospects, and Policies; and Fertility Change in South India.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
List of Figures
Foreword by P. Chidambaram
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. Aging
Pensions and Social Security in South Asia
2. INDIA
3. PAKISTAN
4. BANGLADESH
5. SRI LANKA
6. NEPAL
7. Universalizing Social Pensions for the Elderly: The Case of Nepal
Appendix
Notes on Contributors
About the Editor
Index