scholarly journals Health, Nutrition and Care for Senior Citizens of Nepal in Twenty First Century

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushil Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
First Century ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
High Level

Modernization has a greater impact over the population ageing from developed to developing countries. Nepal also could not remain untouched by it. Urbanization, social transformation and migration to immigration type of social phenomenon have been separating the family members. Not only that but also the desire of living with freedom and independent life has a powerful effect upon the life of senior citizens in Nepal. Lack of education, social security by government and sufficient income source of a notable population after 60s is living under poor standard. The occupation of farming in the past used to be common in joint family life including very less number representing the high level business family. Where there was not such a problem of isolation and lack of nutrition and care for those citizens due to level of education. A large number living in the rural areas whether single or old couple has rare choice of food due to income even it is quite difficult to afford for simple medicine. The population of the less developed regions is ageing rapidly, too. Over the next four decades, the population aged 60 and over in the developing world is projected to triple from 473 million in 2009 to 1.6 billion in 2050. The older population itself is ageing at an accelerated rate with the population aged 80 and over projected to increase four-fold, to reach 395 million in 2050. The Second World Assembly on Ageing, which took place in Madrid, Spain, in April 2002, adopted the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, to respond to the opportunities and challenges of population ageing in the twenty-first century and to promote the development of a society for all ages. In this context Nepal has to prepare a draft of own charter to address the issues of aging population. Key words: Modernization, Population ageing, Developing countries, Health, Social Security

Dual Incentives and Dual Asset Building: Policy Implications of the Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Programme in China

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
BAORONG GUO ◽  
JIN HUANG ◽  
MICHAEL SHERRADEN ◽  
LI ZOU
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Policy Innovation ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Asset Building ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Security Funds ◽  
Policy Incentives ◽  
Building Policy

AbstractThe Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan programme is a policy innovation in a rural area of China, which loans savings in social security accounts back to peasants for them to buy assets for agricultural and other development. In contrast to the nationwide recession in rural social security, this programme has shown its success in proliferating rural social security funds and retaining social security participants. With a focus on the administrative data of the loan programme, this study aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the loan programme and examine how asset building is possible for the poor when institutional incentives are offered. The findings show that when proper policy incentives are provided, poor peasants can build assets. The Hutubi programme may be a good model for other rural areas in China and other developing countries.

Re-measuring Twenty-first Century Population Ageing

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Scherbov ◽  
Warren C. Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Natural Generalization ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
First Century ◽  
Greek City ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The One

Probably the most famous demographic riddle of all time is the one that the Sphinx was said to have posed to travellers outside the Greek city of Thebes: ‘Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?’ Unfortunate travellers who could not answer the riddle correctly were immediately devoured. Oedipus, fresh from killing his father, was the first to have got the answer right. The correct answer was ‘humans’. People crawl on their hands and knees as infants, walk on two feet in adulthood, and walk with a cane in old age. We easily recognize the three ages of humans. Humans are born dependent on the care of others. As they grow, their capacities and productivities generally increase, but eventually these reach a peak. After a while, capacities and productivities decline and, eventually, if they are lucky enough to survive, people become elderly, often again requiring transfers and care from others. The human life cycle is the basis of all studies of population ageing, and so we cannot begin to study population ageing without first answering the Sphinx’s riddle. However, answering the Sphinx’s riddle is not enough to get us started on a study of population ageing. We must take two more steps before we begin. First, we must recognize that not all people age at the same rate. As seen in Chapter 5, nowadays more educated people tend to have longer life expectancies than less educated people. Second, we must realize that there is no natural generalization of the Sphinx’s riddle to whole populations. Populations cannot be categorized into the stages of infancy, adulthood, and old age. Indeed, if the Sphinx was reborn today, we might find her sitting near another city and posing an equally perplexing riddle, one especially relevant for our times: ‘What can grow younger as it grows older?’ Answering this riddle correctly is the central challenge of this chapter and the key to understanding population ageing in the twenty-first century.

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