Issues of Aging in Developing Countries: Recommendations of the Research Advisory Committee to AID (Agency for International Development). Meeting held on January 15, 1988

摘要

The Panel members, the NRC, RAC and AID itself recognize that a one-day discussion can only begin to explore the range and depth of the many significant issues on aging in developing countries that merit attention. The goal of the Panel meeting was to ask questions, point out some of the problems, and suggest opportunities in a discussion among knowledgeable experts in the fields of demography, health, epidemiology, and a broad spectrum of the social sciences. The report is neither a definitive statement on the issues nor a comprehensive listing of major problem areas that are worthy of attention by AID and other groups concerned with aging and its effects upon development. The report and RAC recommendations seek to be responsive to questions raised by AID in its request to the NRC and thereby contribute to a heightened awareness of the dimensions of aging in the social and economic development context.