1. Social protection and development cooperation Reflections on the role of international advocacy and civil society in the developing world Sida Academy Seminar Stockholm 19 October 2010 Sylvia Beales Head of Strategic Alliances HelpAge International [email_address]
10. Poverty in older age in comparison to others The pace of population ageing is fastest in low- and middle-income countries
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13. Evidence of impact and use: secondary beneficiaries of pension income in Namibia Similar findings in Lesotho (60% spent on grandchildren)
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27. Opportunities: Citizen Action Sharing, learning, best practice - Coalitions; examples APSP and Age Demands Action campaign - Support for citizen demand for voice, the vote, entitlements to social security, freedom from hunger , sanitation and water, to health
In Kerala primary schools are closing – a commission considering turning them in older people’s centres
But pensioners are not the only benefits of pensions. As this report has shown. OP live as part of wider households. Only 30% of the pension spent on older person alone, rest was shared.