Social protection and old age poverty 2010, para. 69
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The main advantage of targeted pensions is that their overall cost to the State, when compared with universal pensions, is low. In practice, however, the affordability of universal pensions is a political question. Evidence shows that, where there is political will, even low-income developing countries can afford these programmes.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights