Regional dimensions of the ageing situation.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Services for--Government policy.

Older people.

Older people--Government policy.

Older people--Social conditions.

Older people--Services for.

Government policy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 176 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2008.

Summary:

Members of the Department and other contributors discuss background, elements, and implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, which was adopted by representatives of 159 countries in April 2002. Then they survey trends and policies regarding ageing region by region: Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the European region, and western Asia. There is no index. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The Madrid Plan: a comprehensive agenda for an ageing world / Sergei Zelenev

Regional overview of trends and policies / Peggy L. Kelly

Ageing trends in Asia and the Pacific / Sheung-Tak Cheng, Alfred C.M. Chan and David R. Phillips

Ageing policies in Africa / Monica Ferreira

Ageing policies in Latin America and the Caribbean / Martha Peláez

Ageing trends and policies in the European region / Bernd Marin and Asghar Zaidi

Ageing in Western Asia / Madiha El Safty

The way forward / Alexander Sidorenko and Robert Venne.

Notes:

At head of title: Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

"ST/ESA/318."

"United Nations publication. Sales no. E.08.IV.1"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-176).

ISBN:

9789211302639

9211302633

OCLC:

268677017