Population ageing

Cuba wants more babies, so it’s giving parental leave to grandparents, too

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Washington Post (10.02.2017) Cuba is giving parental leave to the grandparents of newborns, the country's latest attempt to reverse its sagging birthrate and defuse a demographic time bomb.

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cuba
Topics
Family benefits
Demographic change
Population ageing

Reality check: How are countries taking care of their ageing populations?

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thehansindia (19.09.2016) At the HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2016 on Economic Implications of Ageing, recently held in Hanoi, Viet Nam, good practice examples of how some countries were responding to their rapid population ageing were shared.

Regions / Country
Asia
Topics
Population ageing
Document Type

Suisse: Finances genevoises - Les caisses de pension publiques dans la tempête

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TDG (29.11.2016) La Caisse de prévoyance de l’Etat annonce l’augmentation à 65 ans de l’âge de la retraite. La mesure devrait être effective en 2018. D’autres propositions interviendront en décembre.

Regions / Country
switzerland
Topics
Old-age pensions
Pensions
Population ageing