Publications

This brief explores growing older affect a person's income security in Thailand by assessing three of the most important income sources for older people: work, family and social protection. The analysis is based in part on results of a study of income security in five Asian countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, undertaken in partnership between HelpAge and UNFPA.

This brief is a summary of findings in the report "Impacts of migration on households in the dry zone, Myanmar".

This report examines how in the last five years migration has affected households in Myanmar's dry zone.

This brief explores growing older affect a person's income security in the Philippines by assessing three of the most important income sources for older people: work, family and social protection. The analysis is based in part on results of a study of income security in five Asian countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, undertaken in partnership between HelpAge and UNFPA.

This discussion paper highlights the types of violence, abuse and neglect older women experience, and offers recommendations for a collaborative approach to close the data, policy and programme gaps that prevent women living free from violence, including in older age.

This report summarises the key findings from a review of evidence on NCDs in Myanmar. It encompasses a review of published literature from 2000 to 2015 on NCDs and their risk factors, qualitative interviews with key actors engaged in NCD research in Myanmar, and additional reviews of ethical committee inquiries and post-graduate research on NCDs in Myanmar.

The report explores how the ageing of Myanmar's farming population will affect agricultural livelihood patterns and agricultural productivity. It considers the future age profile of Myanmar's smallholder agriculture population, the implications of an older farming population for Myanmar's agricultural future, and the broad policy and practice steps which would help Myanmar to best position itself for this future.

This is the executive summary of a study exploring the impact of older people's associations in east and south-east Asia, looking at the benefits to older people and the challenges in running them.

This is a Russian translation of a paper prepared for the HelpAge global network and HelpAge as an introductory resource on the links between the Sustainable Development Goals and the HelpAge International 2020 organisational strategy.

This is a Spanish translation of a paper prepared for the HelpAge global network and HelpAge as an introductory resource on the links between the Sustainable Development Goals and the HelpAge International 2020 organisational strategy.

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Desarrollando espacios urbanos para las personas mayores