Cash, Children or Kind? Developing Security for Low-Income People in Old Age in Africa

Cash, Children or Kind? Developing Security  for Low-Income People in Old Age in Africa

This paper, published by MicroSave, focuses on developing security for low-income people in their old age. It asks: what happens when a person is no longer able to earn money due to old age or infirmity? Or, how does one support oneself after retirement? "Old age" is used in relation to the regular income earning capacities of people, regardless of age or source of income. The paper dwells on how individuals prepare/cope with the changing situation, and if microfinance has any role to play in securing them during their old age.