There seems to be little doubt that population aging will increase the burden of social expenditures. Yet many studies conclude that we should not worry too much about aging consequences in this area. The merits of four of the mechanisms or means that are proposed to alleviate the additional...

Tracing the population assistance movement from its tentative beginnings to the present day, this book employs history to examine the new paradigm created from the Cairo Conference - the 'road map' for the population policy future.