Situation of Poverty in Pakistan and its commitments with respect to Sustainable Development Goals: prospects and challenges

Arif, Sardar M.A. Waqar Khan; Bannian, Bushra; Gardazi, Syed Mudasser Fida

doi:10.31703/ger.2022(vii-i).01

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“…Pakistan has a weak pension provision, like other countries, and older people rely on family support and the next generation for support in their old age. The existing pension scheme requires a large budget and political will, which is currently quite challenging [67,68]. Similarly, in Ghana, broad dissatisfaction with retirement income replacement levels and concerns connected with institutional fragmentation existed against the backdrop of a variety of challenges.…”

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Supporting Ageing Populations in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Pension Schemes and Policy Insights

Khai,

Oppong Nkansah,

Khan

et al. 2024

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The rapid growth of the elderly population is a major global demographic and social issue. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of pension plans and social security programmes for this population in developing countries, which has severe consequences for their quality of life and well-being. In this article, we aim to better understand the pension systems in developing country contexts such as Ghana, Pakistan, and Myanmar by reviewing official government materials (for example, pension reports) and the published literature to suggest relevant policy recommendations. We observed several policy implementation gaps and inequities in pension schemes for older people, specifically for informal and private sector workers. Considering the size of formal versus informal economies and the level of development index of each country, we suggest a wide variety of options for pension policies, financing, designing cash benefits, and pension payments to cover all older citizens. This article addresses the unmet needs of the elderly and their wider economic sustainability to ensure social justice and resource utilisation. Governments in developing countries should embrace and establish unique, inclusive, and friendly policies encompassing the informal sector to warrant older adults’ functional and social well-being with dignity and honour.

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Section: Implementation Challenges and Policy Gapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting Ageing Populations in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Pension Schemes and Policy Insights

Khai,

Oppong Nkansah,

Khan

et al. 2024

Challenges

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“…Pakistan has a weak pension provision like other countries, and older people rely on family support and the next generation for support in their old age. The existing pension scheme requires a huge budget and political will, which seems quite challenging currently [68,69]. Similarly, in Ghana, it is observed that broad dissatisfaction with retirement income replacement levels and concerns connected with institutional fragmentation existed against a backdrop of a variety of challenges.…”

Section: Implementation Challenges and Policy Gapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comparative Analysis of the Pension Schemes for Elderly Population in Developing Countries: Policy Insights in the Context of financial wellbeing and social justice

Khai,

Jacob,

Khan

et al. 2024

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The rapid growth of the elderly population is a major global demographic and social issue. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of pension plans and social se-curity programmes for this population in developing countries which has severe consequences for their quality of life and planetary health (PH) wellbeing. In this article, we aimed to better understand the pension systems in Ghana, Pakistan, and Myanmar, by reviewing the official government materials (such as pension reports) and published literature. We observed several policy implementation gaps and inequity in pension schemes for older people, specifically for informal and private sector workers. Considering the size of formal versus informal economies and the level of development index of each country, we suggest a wide variety of options in pension policies, financing, designing cash benefits and pension payments to cover all older citizens. This article addresses an unmet need of the elderly people, their wider environmental and economic sustainability to ensure social justice and resource utilization. The governments of developing countries should embrace and establish unique, inclusive, and friendly policies encompassing the informal sector to warrant older adults’ functional and planetary wellbeing with dignity and honor.

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“…In Pakistan, the demographic transition had started in the decade of 90s (Arif & Ahmed, 2010). Pakistan is included among the top 15 countries of the world having population more than ten million elderly people.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Elderly People: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Alam,

Khan,

Jan

2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns adversely affected every sphere of the life throughout the world. The negative impacts of COVID-19 affected all age groups, including senior citizens. The pandemic and the lockdown brought severe psychological, social, cultural and economic impacts on the lives of elderly people. This study aims to know about the economic and psychological impact of COVID-19 on senior citizens. The nature of the study is qualitative. For the study, 20 respondents were selected through purposive sampling technique from the village Rehankot, Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Data has been collected through in-depth interviews and then analyzed through the technique of thematic analysis. The results show that the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns brought negative psychological and economic impacts on senior citizens in the form of anxiety, depression, poverty.

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Situation of Poverty in Pakistan and its commitments with respect to Sustainable Development Goals: prospects and challenges

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Supporting Ageing Populations in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Pension Schemes and Policy Insights

Supporting Ageing Populations in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Pension Schemes and Policy Insights

A Comparative Analysis of the Pension Schemes for Elderly Population in Developing Countries: Policy Insights in the Context of financial wellbeing and social justice

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Elderly People: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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