Die Förderungsmöglichkeiten im Rahmen der Enwicklungszusammenarbeit sind in hohem Maße davon abhänig, in welchem Maße die Förderländer die IT-Kompetenzen in bestenden Projeken besitzen und vermitteln können. Zum anderen ist die Informationstechnologie ein eigener Sektor, der in der...

Ageing populations in developed countries have placed increasing demands on health care services and drawn attention to how age is related to medical expenditure. The effect of ageing on health involves a mixture of biological and social factors that ideally requires an interdisciplinary...

Population ageing has often been summarised through rising old-age dependence ratios. Age is therefore perceived as a source of dependence, which supposedly causes economic problems. While these perceptions seem intuitive, they are open to query and may be misleading. The current chapter looks...