Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Understanding Elderly Poverty in the United States: Toward Informed Policy
(Mary Borrowman, Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School for Social Research, and Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New York, NY, USA)

The Development and Reforms of the Social Security System in Taiwan: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives
(Hung-Yang Lin, Ming-Cheng Kuo, Department of Social Work, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, and others)

Social Security Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa: Issues, Challenges and Prospects
(Jotham Dhemba, National University of Lesotho, Roma, South Africa)

Social Security at a Crossroads on Social Security’s Ability to Cope with Future Challenges
(Norman Wagner, The University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna, Austria, and others)

Index