Webinar reflections: “Building back better” for older people in Asia
Last week, HelpAge International Asia Pacific Regional Office, with support from the Asian Development Bank, hosted a webinar titled: ‘“Building back better” in post-pandemic Asia: Back to the future for older people?’. As a...
Implementing a Master Plan for Social Assistance Reform and Development
We were engaged to help Vietnam's plans to expand cash assistance to new groups of young children and older persons a reality.
Bringing the voice of older persons centre-stage: situational analysis of older persons in Uganda
The world’s population is ageing, and Uganda is no exception. A lack of infrastructure, however, has meant that many of the country’s older citizens have been unable to grow older...
Why we need to prioritise universal pensions for women
On International Women’s Day 2021, let’s think about pensions. Why? Women around the world still face highly unequal access to a minimum income in old age.
Looking into the impacts of the Inua Jamii Senior Citizens’ Programme in Kenya
With the aim of contributing to the existing body of evidence on the impacts of social pension schemes, a research team from Development Pathways comprising Anh Tran, Sarina Kidd and Madeleine Cretney are conducting a multi-year qualitative research study in the community of Lolkeringet, in Nandi County, Kenya.