Sri Lanka
Basic country data
- Population over 60 in 2010:
- 2,507,630 (12%)
- Projected population over 60 in 2050:
- 7,464,687 (32%)
- Poverty rate of total population:
- 14%
- Income of country:
- Lower middle income
- Social pension?
- No
Resources on the pension in Sri Lanka
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Social protection for older persons: Social pensions in Asia
Year: 2012 | Published by: ADB
This publication aims to address the knowledge gap of social pension reform in Asia and the Pacific. In particular, it examines what has been...
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Pensions at a glance - country profile: Sri Lanka
Year: 2012 | Published by: OECD
Country profile from OECD's "Pensions at a glance: Asia/Pacific 2011".
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Sri Lanka: Towards a pension scheme for the elderly - online news report
Year: 2011 | Published by: The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
If Sri Lanka is to be successful in tacking old age poverty there has to be a radical shift in thinking as to how...
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Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2008
Year: 2009 | Published by: Social Security Administration (SSA), International Social Security Association
The second issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of Asia and the Pacific....
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Pension Systems for the Informal Sector in Asia
Year: 2009 | Published by: World Bank
This paper looks at the experiences of various Asian countries in expanding the coverage of the pension system to informal sector workers. The paper...
