The Administration on Aging strives to improve the quality of life for older Americans, in part by providing services that allow the most vulnerable to maintain their independence and avoid institutionalization. This report documents findings from the 2005 Third National Survey of Older...

Area Agencies on Aging, part of the Aging Services Network administered by the Administration on Aging, provide a range of services to elderly individuals including information and access, community-based and in-home services, housing, and elder protection services. This report explores salient...

This brief, the fifth in a series that presents findings from the Administration on Aging's National Survey of Older Americans Act (OAA) Program Participants, focuses on the National Family Caregiver Support Program. Authorized under OAA Title III in 2000, the program provides caregivers with...

This brief, the fourth in a series that presents findings from the Administration on Aging's National Survey of Older Americans Act Program Participants, explores the prevalence of and challenges associated with multiple chronic conditions among program participants.

By using a game theoretical approach and the notion of 'forum' or 'regime shifting' this paper examines the multiple interfaces of the multinational pharmaceutical corporations (MNPCs) with their major counterparts at home and abroad, including the governments of the North and South, the...

This paper estimates and decomposes multidimensional poverty in 82 natural regions in India using unit data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2011-12. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, education, living standard and household environment using eight...

This paper examines the role of competition law and policy as tools for poverty reduction and development. The authors put forward five related principles, building upon the important work on related issues that has been done by the OECD, the International Competition Network (ICN), UNCTAD and...