factors. These include the demographic explosion among the elderly, the changing economy and social milieu, advancement in … medical research, science and technology and high levels of destitution among the elderly rural poor (51 million elderly live … below the poverty line). A higher proportion of elderly women than men experience loneliness and are dependent on children …

outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education, environment, welfare, agriculture, and transportation. HiAP can be …

This paper reviews Uzbekistan’s Interim Welfare Improvement Strategy Paper (I-WISP). I-WISP defines the main …

take care of the elderly. These might well lead to its failure. …

effects on output growth and economic welfare. The paper develops a general equilibrium framework to examine the economic … policy options with respect to their effects on output growth and economic welfare. The paper develops a general equilibrium … finances; and (ii) compare fiscal policy options with respect to their effects on output growth and economic welfare. …

India. The households are classified into three mutually exclusive groups; households with only elderly members (elderly … monthly per capita household health spending of elderly households is significantly higher than non-elderly households in … households), households with elderly and non-elderly members and households without any elderly member. The health spending …