Publications

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Disaster Risk and Age Index

The Disaster Risk and Age Index ranks 190 countries across the world on the disaster risk faced by older people.

In Our Own Words

In this report by the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People, older people describe how they are being discriminated against, the impact this has, and the rights they feel they are being denied.

Aging and Financial Inclusion: An Opportunity

This report charges policymakers and providers to consider older people as an increasingly important market segment and suggests that social pensions can and should provide an essential floor for income during later life.

How rural and farm populations are ageing

Global AgeWatch brief 7 shows how farm populations in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean are ageing and highlights the importance of agriculture to older people’s livelihoods.

Community-based social care in East and Southeast Asia

This briefing describes how demographic and societal transformations in east and south-east Asia are increasing demand for care of older people while constraining the supply of caregivers, and suggests ways to respond.