Het Basisboek Filosofie - Nigel Warburton
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This book overviews the issue of population ageing in five countries in South Asia and projects the emerging scenarios. With a new field survey, it also documents existing policies and programs on pensions and social security, and examines their fiscal implications for the economy and society. Ageing of population is an inevitable consequence of the process of demographic transition. Being ahead, the developed regions of the world have long experienced its consequences; but the developing world is only now facing the travails of population ageing. Though the population under the age of 15 years in 2000 was estimated to be 3.3 times the size of the population of 60 years and above, the elderly are expected to surpass the number of children under 15 years by the year 2050. Among the elderly, it is the oldest old--those aged 80 years or more, whose numbers would increase most rapidly. Much of this growth would take place in the poor countries of the world. Five South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,...
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In goede staat naam datum schutblad, Auteur: Nigel Warburton
Engels Paperback 9780415411820 2007 208 pagina's vlotte verzending luchtkussenpakket
Engels Paperback 9780415411820 2007 208 pagina's vlotte verzending luchtkussenpakket
