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UNECE Policy Brief on Ageing No. 28
At any age, intersecting factors such as poverty, disability, social isolation and exposure to abuse can increase the risk of vulnerability and weaken resilience in the case of adverse events. The COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation, natural disasters, and war are examples of adverse events that have disproportionately affected vulnerable persons, including
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The 2022 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing (Rome, Italy, 16-17 June 2022) concluded the fourth cycle of review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) and its Regional Implementation Strategy (RIS).
These proceedings provide a summary of the Conference deliberations, as well as a synthesis of the policy progress made between 2017 and 2022 to advance active
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In recent years, many countries have witnessed the emergence and growth of new forms of employment, driven by economic changes, the adoption of new business models, technological advancement, and continuing digitalization. New ways of organising work and production have been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a further increase in the scale and scope of new forms of employment.
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The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing in April 2002, set a comprehensive and bold agenda for ageing-related policies in the 21st century. With the UNECE Regional Implementation Strategy for MIPAA adopted in Berlin the same year, countries drew a roadmap for creating a society for all ages in the region.
This report, issued to
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The population of the UNECE region is ageing: one in four people will be 65 years old or above by 2050 compared to one in six today. Population ageing has social and economic implications for which societies need to prepare. This requires a coordinated, whole-of-government and whole-of-society effort to bring societies and economies into harmony with demographic change, otherwise known as ‘
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The lockdown that followed the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 posed unprecedented challenges to produce the consumer price index (CPI) in many countries. The closing of retail outlets and difficulties with collecting prices from outlets that remained open caused significant drops in the number of collected prices. Statistical offices, therefore, had to explore new data sources and
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The most recent in the series of Policy Briefs on Ageing is "Mainstreaming Ageing - Revisited"Unofficial translation (GER)
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Mainstreaming ageing is a policy strategy directed towards integrating ageing issues into all relevant policy fields on all levels, which helps to adapt to population ageing and ensure the integration of the needs of all ages groups, including older persons, into the policymaking process.
The Guidelines for Mainstreaming Ageing outline five stages that support countries in establishing a
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Measuring the activities of multinational enterprise groups is one of the major challenges facing producers of official statistics today. Sharing data nationally and internationally on the activities of multinational enterprise groups has become necessary to ensure the high quality of official statistics.
This Guide follows in the steps of the two previous guides on globalization - The Impact of
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The 2018 Active Ageing Index Analytical report jointly launched by UNECE and the European Commission shows that since 2008 most countries in the European Union have improved their overall AAI scores.Progress has been strongest for women. The report presents the latest AAI calculations and progress over time. The Active Ageing Index is a practical tool for policymakers that helps identify
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The Road Map for Belarus is the fourth in the Road Map for Mainstreaming Ageing series. It is the result of a close collaboration between UNECE and the Governement of Belarus and a comprehensive participatory process that took place in the country between
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Статистический регистр предприятий играет центральную роль в производстве экономической статистики, как с точки зрения способа производства статистики, так и с точки зрения ее содержания и качества. Для оказания помощи странам Руководство по статистическому регистру предприятий содержит практические руководства и рекомендации по созданию и поддержанию статистического регистра предприятий.
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The Guidelines provide practical guidance on how to develop and maintain statistical business registers to support the production of business demography and entrepreneurship statistics. The Guidelines contain definitions and compilation guidance for key demographic events and propose business demography indicators that can be produced directly from the register. They also describe the
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Five years after the regional ICPD Beyond 2014 review process and the adoption of the 2013 Chair's summary, UNECE and UNFPA have collaborated to report on the achievements and challenges faced by member States in the implementation of the recommendations contained in that outcome document. This report highlights key population and development trends affecting the UNECE region since the
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This publication documents the third cycle review and appraisal of the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action and its Regional Implementation Strategy (MIPAA/RIS, 2002) in UNECE member States between 2012 and 2017. The regional review concluded with the 4th UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 20-22 September 2017. The Ministerial Conference,
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Across the UNECE region, and across most of the world, populations are ageing, bringing challenges and opportunities which require evidence-based policy responses. Ageing affects virtually all domains of society. The need for relevant statistics is therefore equally wide-ranging.Guided by the framework of the UNECE Regional Implementation Strategy for the Madrid International Plan of Action on
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Глобализация открывает новые возможности и обостряет конкуренцию, вынуждая производителей искать более эффективные способы производства своей продукции. Тем не менее, в последние годы учет глобализированных схем организации производства в национальной статистике стал очень сложной проблемой, это привело к пересмотру источников данных и методов измерения глобального производства с целью
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Globalization has created new opportunities and competitive challenges driving producers to seek more efficient ways to manufacture their products. However, in recent years recording the globalized production arrangements in national statistics has become very challenging and this has driven statisticians to review their data sources and methods for measuring global production in order to
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Employment is at the centre of most people's lives, and the quality of an individual's employment is an important element of his or her well-being. At the same time, labour markets are evolving and the conditions of employment are continuously changing, which affects the lives of individual workers and members of their households. This development has been accompanied by growing interest in
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Статистический регистр предприятий играет центральную роль в производстве экономической статистики, как с точки зрения способа производства статистики, так и с точки зрения ее содержания и качества. Для оказания помощи странам Руководство по статистическому регистру предприятий содержит практические руководства и рекомендации по созданию и поддержанию статистического регистра предприятий.