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 Ageing and poverty in africa and the role of social pensions
Nanak Kakwani and Kalanidhi Subbarao 13 poverty among the children is more than 5 percentage points than that of elderly in Madagascar, Mozambique and Nigeria. The pattern remains the same even when disaggregated by rural/urban location (tables not presented)....
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Nanak Kakwani and Kalanidhi Subbarao 13 poverty among the children is more than 5 percentage points than that of elderly in Madagascar, Mozambique and Nigeria. The pattern remains the same even when disaggregated by rural/urban location (tables not presented). The above findings strongly confirm the elderly disadvantage especially when the elderly have become either principal breadwinners for the family, or have become caregivers for children. For most countries the differences between the
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Nanak Kakwani and Kalanidhi Subbarao 13 poverty among <span class="highlight">the</span> children is more than 5 percentage points than that of <span class="highlight">elderly</span> <span class="highlight">in</span> Madagascar, Mozambique and Nigeria. <span class="highlight">The</span> pattern remains <span class="highlight">the</span> same even when disaggregated by rural/urban location (tables not presented). <span class="highlight">The</span> above findings strongly confirm <span class="highlight">the</span> <span class="highlight">elderly</span> disadvantage especially when <span class="highlight">the</span> <span class="highlight">elderly</span> have become either principal breadwinners <span class="highlight">for</span> <span class="highlight">the</span> family, or have become caregivers <span class="highlight">for</span> children. <span class="highlight">For</span> most countries <span class="highlight">the</span> differences between <span class="highlight">the</span>