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THE EXPATRIATE ADVISOR AS SENIOR POLICY ANALYST

Review of Policy Research, 1988
Few first‐hand accounts on advising exist by government advisors working in Third World countries. Other writers suggest that such advising is different from that found in the governments o f the industrialized countries. A framework for comparing expatriate advisors in Africa with senior policy analysts in the United States is developed which finds a ...
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Seniors as volunteers: an international perspective on policy

Ageing and Society, 1999
The purpose of the paper is to describe and contrast public policies regarding the participation of older people in volunteer work in three countries: the United States, Australia and the Netherlands. Data were collected in 1997–1998 through analysis of policy documents and through 50 interviews with researchers, policy makers and volunteer co ...
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Senior policy in contemporary Poland: declarations and actions

Praca Socjalna, 2020
At the beginning of the article an analysis is made about new applications of commonly known terms, such as retirement pension, geriatric, grey or silver tsunami, and “election retirement pensions”, covering among others civic retirement pension, maternal retirement pension, 13th and 14th bonus retirement pension, guaranteed retirement pension and non ...
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Participation in Policy Discourse: New Form of Exclusion for Seniors with Disabilities?

Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 2013
RÉSUMÉLes récents discours sur le vieillissement donnent beaucoup d’importance au thème de la participation sociale des aînés. Cependant, la manière dont la participation est définie dans les politiques et les pratiques sociales ne correspond pas nécessairement aux réalités de tous les aînés.
Émilie, Raymond, Amanda, Grenier
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Policy Knowledge Gap Among Senior Citizens

Pragyaratna प्रज्ञारत्न
The Nepalese government provides various allowances, including old age, widow, disability, and nutritional grants, to improve the quality of life for economically and socially disadvantaged individuals. This study assesses the relationship between knowledge on old age allowance policy/facility and their Quality of Life (QOL) among senior citizens of ...
Khem Kumar Bhurtel, Parmila Basnet, Shalikram Sigdel   +2 more
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Making good? A study of how senior policy makers narrate policy reversal [PDF]

, 2023
This paper provides insights into the predominant styles of political reasoning in England and Wales that inform penal policy reform. It does so in relation to a particular development that constitutes a dramatic, perhaps even unique, wholesale reversal of a previously introduced market-based criminal justice delivery model.
Annison, Harry, Burke, Lol, Carr, Nicola, Millings, Matthew, Robinson, Gwen, Surridge, Eleanor   +5 more
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Who speaks for Australia's seniors? Policy partnerships and older Australians

2007
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Warburton, Jeni., Petriwisky, Andrea M.
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Silver Linings for the Elderly in the Philippines: Policies and Programs for Senior Citizens

2019
Based on the 2015 Census of Population and Housing, there were 7.5 million senior citizens, or persons aged 60 and above, in the Philippines. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects that, by 2032, the Philippines will be identified as one of the countries with an ageing population, as the proportion of persons aged 65 and ...
Reyes, Celia M., Arboneda, Arkin A., Asis, Ronina D.   +2 more
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Development of senioral policy in Poland – analysis

European Geriatric Medicine, 2015
B. Samoliński, F. Raciborski, J. Bousquet, W. Kosiniak-Kamysz, I. Radziewicz-Winnicki, A. Kłak, N. Miller-Lewandowska, J. Gołąb, E. Krzych-Fałta, A. Tomaszewska, J. Gierczyński   +10 more
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A Comprehensive Policy Analysis of and Recommendations for Senior Center Gambling Trips

Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2001
Gambling is one of the fastest growing industries in America. Public support is high for legalized gambling among all age groups. Because gambling is growing in popularity as an activity among those 65 and over, many senior centers are beginning to offer group trips to casinos and other gambling attractions such as dog tracks.
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