TY - JOUR
T1 - Formal Social Protection for Older People in Developing Countries
T2 - Three Different Approaches
AU - Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - The paper examines social protection for older people in three middle-income countries: Argentina, Thailand and South Africa. It focuses on income support, health services and the provision of care, as well as considering the effects of these policies on social exclusion. The paper locates each country's different social protection programmes within a broader welfare regime model. It finds an interesting variety of approaches to pension and health provision, which range from generous universalism to minimal means-testing. However, it finds much less innovation in areas such as long-term care and intermediary services. The paper challenges generalisations about old age social protection in developing countries, and argues that the different experiences of these three countries could provide useful lessons for social protection in many parts of the world.
AB - The paper examines social protection for older people in three middle-income countries: Argentina, Thailand and South Africa. It focuses on income support, health services and the provision of care, as well as considering the effects of these policies on social exclusion. The paper locates each country's different social protection programmes within a broader welfare regime model. It finds an interesting variety of approaches to pension and health provision, which range from generous universalism to minimal means-testing. However, it finds much less innovation in areas such as long-term care and intermediary services. The paper challenges generalisations about old age social protection in developing countries, and argues that the different experiences of these three countries could provide useful lessons for social protection in many parts of the world.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036772902&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0047279402006803
DO - 10.1017/S0047279402006803
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036772902
SN - 0047-2794
VL - 31
SP - 695
EP - 713
JO - Journal of Social Policy
JF - Journal of Social Policy
IS - 4
ER -