Ageing, poverty and the role of a social pension in Vietnam

Development and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-360

  Long, Giang Thanh ^a   Pfau, Wade Donald ^b  

^a NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY POPULATION; PENSION SYSTEM; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 67649576956     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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