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China’s New Rural Pension Scheme reaches 133 million people over the age of 60: elderly Chinese men.

Demographics

Pensions for all elderly people

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by Charles Knox-Vydmanov
A great-grandmother with her great-grandchild in Thailand.

Urgent issue

Fundamental principle

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by Hans Dembowski
By the end of 2012, about 30 % of South Africans were dependent on some kind of social grant: old man in Langa township, Cape Town.

Social protection

The South African social contract

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by Henning Melber
In Namibia, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer: view on Swakopmund, a popular holiday destination for rich Namibians.

Social protection

Rich region, poor people

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by Henning Melber
Self-employed people in the informal sector normally cannot save much money for hard times: street vendor in Kano.

Social infrastructure

No rest in retirement

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by Damilola Oyedele
Where the cultivation of bio-fuel crops competes with other export crops, food security is not at risk: Tanzanian sugarcane farm.

PEGNet

Challenging complexity

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by Hans Dembowski
The Asian Development Bank's Social Protection Index

Infrastructure

Not for everyone

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by Ipsita Sapra
Consultation room in a Bolivian community bank.

Microinsurance

Healthy clients

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by Caroline Sölle de Hilari
Mothers and children at a health centre in Uganda.

Public Health

“Mental health issues are totally underrated in Africa”

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by Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe
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