The lack of a secure income in older age is one of the biggest problems facing people in developing countries. Few people in poverty can afford to save for older age and family support for older people is under pressure. Around the world, the majority of older people lack a secure income, and fewer than one in five people over 60 receive a pension. The best way to tackle this problem is for governments to provide non-contributory (‘social’) pensions, as more than 80 governments around the world have done including Nepal, Bolivia, South Africa and Brazil.