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Population ageing and international development
— from generalisation to evidence | | Author(s) | Peter Lloyd-Sherlock |
| Publisher | Policy Press, Bristol, 2010 |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| Source | The Policy Press, University of Bristol, Fourth Floor, Beacon House, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1QU. http://www.policypress.org.uk |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Economics ; Social policy ; South Africa ; Argentina ; India ; International. |
| Annotation | Relationships between population ageing and international development are complex. This book explores how processes of economic and social transformation affect population trends, and the other side of this relationship: the potential consequences of accelerated population ageing for future economic performance and other aspects of development. The author comments on the tendency of many studies to generalise or make sweeping assertions, as can be the case with people's experiences of later life. He suggests using life-course frameworks instead of life-stage models of old age. Next, he looks at three key policy areas relating to older people and development: pension policy and pension programmes in low- and middle-income countries; individual ageing and health in later life; and social relations, particularly the effects of migration on family dynamics. Three chapters of country case studies - for South Africa, Argentina and India - illustrate the diversity of economic and social development. Each of these chapters end with detailed life histories of older men and women which demonstrate how trends at national level can affect personal experiences. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100315003 B |
| Classmark | BG: W: TM2: 7PM: 7W8: 7FA: 72 |
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