...The chapter examines the role and significance of social policies in developing countries, and especially social assistance, against the context of the crisis. It argues that although emergency responses to the crisis might be a necessity in certain contexts, they seldom lead to effective and long...

..., such as the need to better link environmental gerontological research with those who make policy, and to ensure that empirical and policy knowledge is disseminated to developing countries that are undergoing rapid urbanisation and growth in the ageing of their population. It has also suggested the idea of having...

... addition in the fight to secure decent work and ensure health and well-being in developing countries. For decades research from Europe and North America has consistently shown that being exposed to poor psychosocial working conditions, such as not having sufficient control to meet the demands at work...

... Africa World Bank malaria medicines WTO human rights norms civil society groups pro-health policies developing countries donor countries Rapid, sustained progress on global health and development would require the mobilisation of governments and the financial resources they command...

...The chapter examines the economic performance of different regions of developing countries and its impact on progress towards achieving the MDGs. It finds that most progress has been made either where growth has been very rapid as in East Asia or where governments have the fiscal resources...

... is essential to their wellbeing, livelihoods, and social inclusion. The research findings suggest that, with appropriate public policies, individual ageing is not necessarily associated with a decline in wellbeing in developing countries. ageing population demographic change population ageing wellbeing...

...Integration is one important element to advance higher quality service delivery, but advancing transit integration has proven difficult, especially in developing countries. BRT is one tool to use as a stepping stone to build citywide transit networks. Using the cases of Santiago and Bogotá, we...

...Indicators of child well being grew exponentially in the last four decades in both industrialized and developing countries. While efforts continue to develop comparative indicators of child well-being across countries, far less attention is focused on generating organized and comparative data...

...This chapter considers the global challenge of youth employment, arguing that employment inadequacy among young people is a much broader phenomenon than youth unemployment as conventionally defined. It first provides an overview of the youth bulge phenomenon in developing countries before...

... countries still requires significant work and advocacy. While WHO strategies can influence the worldwide burden of dementia substantially in the next 10 years, the chapter highlights that particular attention should be given to development and studies of rural areas of LMICs. developing countries issues...

..., as well as the extent to which these ideas represent a new policy paradigm or merely repeat earlier debates. Africa China developing countries social development assistance East Asian welfare regime economic growth Esping Andersen G productivist welfare regime welfare regimes institutional social...

... relational dimensions. The chapter emphasises the key contribution of material resources to older people's social relations and subjective well-being in developing countries. ‘Ageing well being and development a comparative study of Brazil and South Africa’ UK Research Council Brazil developing countries...

...This chapter examines integrated urban resource management, flows, governance, and hubs in developing countries given how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have brought an increased attention to urban natural resources and sustainable development worldwide. Focusing on spaces and spatial...

... Developing countries Policy Practice research Even though the intention is to offer the whole population services of comparable quality regardless of where they live, there are some challenges with living in rural areas. … (Kirkevold and Kristiansen, from Chapter 4 in this book) Drawing across...