Does Basic Income Support Improve Healthy Ageing? Evidence from the Government of

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Malawi’s Social Cash Transfer

Abstract submitted to Union for Africa Population Studies Conference 2024 Sudhanshu Handa; shanda@email.unc.edu Governments around the world are concerned with the adverse effects of an aging population, whichinclude the increased burden on the health care system, the caring responsibilities of families, and thedecreasing quality of life of older citizens themselves. In the U.S. an important policy response to anageing population is to focus more public health resources on research and associated clinical practiceson diseases of the aged (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, cancer). In poorer countries with less developedhealth infrastructure, the burden of care as life […]

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