¹2 (18) 2012
Demography and social economy, 2012, 2(18):5-22
doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/dse2012.02.005
ELLA LIBANOVA
Dr. of Economics, Professor, Academ³cian of NAS of Ukraine, M.V. Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies, NAS of Ukraine
HARMONIZATION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AGING. WHICH APPROACHES WORK IN UKRAINE?
Section: Demographic processes and their consequences.
Language: English
Abstract: The purpose of this research is to appraise an impact of population aging on social and economic development
in Ukraine. The author has scrutinized the problem of further pressure on state budget stipulated by growing
share of aged persons, and surveyed the pattern of mutual influence of aging and social and economic processes.
It is overviewed the features of aging in Ukraine in comparison with some European countries. The special attention is paid to the justification of system of measures for the implementation commitments in the framework
of regional strategy of The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, and for equitable and sustainable
economic growth promotion. The author has estimated the level of intergeneration inequity in Ukraine for
1999–2011, and studied main dynamic tendencies in this area. The philosophy of the system of social support
of aged persons was examined, with the system of social assistance and social services, and social servieces
use. The author has proposed the lines of expanding of employment opportunities for aged persons, analyzed
their structures of income, the poverty features and social exclusion of aged persons. Special stress was put on
the challenges of pension system to-day, and specially, those which are growing more acute in connection with
the progressive population aging.
Key words: population ageing; economic and social development, balance of generation, employment of elderly, social assistance, income structure, social inclusion.
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edited by V. M. Geyts et al. – Ê.:, 2009. – Ð.14.
4. Monthly monitoring of the main indicators of the budget and banking system of Ukraine as of September
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