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| The contribution of older people to development | | Corporate Author | Department for International Development - DFID; HelpAge International; HelpAge Ghana |
| Journal title | Research Update / Briefing, October 1998 - October 1999, nos 1 to 4 |
| Publisher | HelpAge International, London |
| Source | HelpAge International, 67-74 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8QX. |
| Keywords | Social economics ; Poverty ; Demography ; Ageing process ; Developing countries ; Ghana ; South Africa. |
| Annotation | These four briefings summarised findings as they emerged of a study undertaken by a HelpAge International research team in Ghana and South Africa. The research was conducted in four communities in three provinces - Kwa-Zulu Natal, Northern and Gauteng Provinces. The study undertook to map and identify older people from the poorest communities and to assess how government policies and programmes were affecting them. It found a number of issues relating to both policy and practice for such programmes. Namely, black older people belong to the single poorest group in the country and have few opportunities to meet their livelihood demands. As South Africa has the highest proportion of older inhabitants in Africa, which is expected to double by 2025, the study offers insights into both locally specific and national ageing issues, with implications for the broader developing world. The study also paid particular attention to its methodology to assess how appropriate for and responsive to older people it had proved to be. Lessons learned will help develop the methodology so that it can be applied to other studies in other places. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991027201 P |
| Classmark | W4: W6: S8: BG: 7B: 7MS: 7PM |
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