1. Aging, pensions and social security in South Asia / S. Irudaya Rajan -- 2. India / S. Irudaya Rajan and E.T. Mathew -- 3. Pakistan / Naushin Mahmood and Zafar Mueen Nasir -- 4. Bangladesh / Raisul Awal Mahmood, Sharifa Begum and A.B.M. Shamsul Islam -- 5. Sri Lanka / Myrtle Perera, Asoka Gunawardena and P.P. Gunatilaka -- 6. Nepal / Heet Singh Shrestha and Vikash Raj Satyal -- 7. Universalizing social pensions for the elderly : the case of Nepal / S. Irudaya Rajan and Robert J. Palacios