Mainstreaming Ageing: Indicators to Monitor Sustainable Progress and Policies: 32 (Public Policy and Social Welfare) - Softcover

Zaidi, Asghar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0754673618 ISBN 13: 9780754673613

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing, is the first international agreement that specifically recognises the potential of older people to contribute to the development of their societies. In monitoring its implementation two key approaches are evident: a qualitative bottom-up participatory approach and an approach that uses quantitative indicators to monitor sustainable progress and policies. With the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, playing a pivotal role in the monitoring of the implementation process, one of its key tasks has been to develop a list of 'indicators of achievement'. This book contains extended and revised versions of policy briefs and background papers that support the implementation monitoring process. The analyses included in these chapters make concrete suggestions towards quantitative indicators, with the aim of assisting national governments in mainstreaming ageing in their policies. The contributors provide an overview of the current situation with respect to population ageing and its consequences and also provide projections for the future. The book also includes the final list of quantitative indicators that arose out of consultations with international experts, related to the four main topics addressed: demography, income and wealth, labour market participation, and social protection and financial sustainability.

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About the Author

Bernd Marin is Executive Director of the European Centre, Vienna. Asghar Zaidi is the Director of Research at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna, Austria.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754673618
• ISBN 13: 9780754673613
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 864
• Editor: Marin Bernd