Publications

This document jointly published with the African Union and HelpAge commits AU member states to design, implement, monitor and evaluate appropriate integrated national policies to meet the needs of older people.

This report discusses how, provided support is available, older people and orphans and vulnerable children can overcome some of the challenges posed by the HIV and AIDS epidemic.

This is a report of a seminar jointly organised by Aprodev, HelpAge International, One World Action and WIDE. The seminar explored challenges and priorities for improved EU development cooperation policy.

This paper argues that development policy and practice needs to clearly address and support intergenerational connections between children and older persons at household and community level.

Spanish translation of a summary of Age and security

This report is a summary of the Age and security report which argues for providing universal non-contributory pensions.

This report argues for providing universal non-contributory pensions or “social pensions” to older people in developing countries.

This briefing highlights why the Millennium Development Goals should incorporate targets that include the needs and rights of older people.

This report summarises HelpAge’s 2005 Asia/Pacific regional conference. The conference discussed building capacities for disaster management with a focus on older people.

This report summarises the intergovernmental regional conference held in Zambia in March 2006. The conference included 13 African governments and examined new ways to tackle poverty and promote human rights.

This report examines the major social and economic implications of the rapid growth in numbers of older people in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Russia, Eastern and Central Europe.

This report summarises the HelpAge International's 2006 annual regional conference held in Pondicherry, India. The main theme of the conference was “New paradigms in social protection”.