Elderly Poverty Growing Rapidly

Increase of elderly poor in developing nations--the implications of dependency theory and modernization theory for the aging of world population.
Osako M.

Despite the growing number of elderly residents in developing countries, little is known about the impact of economic development policies on the elderly in these countries. In an effort to identify public policies which may have a beneficial impact on the elderly, the impact of development policies and of foreign aid on the elderly in Taiwan was examined.