Author: Indermit S. Gill
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821383759
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Empirical analysis of two decades of pioneering pension and social security reform in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that much has been achieved, but that critical challenges remain. In tackling this unfinished agenda, a great deal can be learned from the reform experience of countries in the region. 'Keeping the Promise,' produced by the chief economist's office for the Latin America and Caribbean region at the World Bank, evaluates policy reforms in 12 countries, points to successes and shortcomings, and proposes priorities and options for future reform.
Author: Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 082297620X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
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A comprehensive and sophisticated study of the relationship between social security policy and inequality in Latin America. Individual case studies of Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, and Mexico are presented, that provide a historical analysis of each country's social security policy, the pressure groups involved, the present structure of the systems, and a statistical examination of the inequality among these pressure groups.
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Languages : en
Pages : 183
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Author: Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199233772
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. This is the first book to comprehensively study these influential reforms in Latin America's pension and health care systems.
Author: William Paul McGreevey
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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This study reviews the findings of a number of background papers on social security in Latin America, sector work, and a series of three meetings of experts that explored the major issues facing social security institutions. In Latin America, social security institutes have been competently managed for the most part and have a proven record of successfully delivering social services to their members. The central theme of this report is the great, and largely untapped, potential of social security institutions to relieve poverty in Latin America. By taking advantage of the positive characteristics of these institutions and repairing at least some of the efficiency problems, countries could achieve an enhanced level of income security for the aged, better coverage of basic health services, and wider protection from economic disasters for the whole population. A wider revenue base would accommodate an increase in coverage of the population if combined with a prudently designed benefit package. There is ample evidence from countries in the region that have experimented with such reforms that they can be made, and that they are desirable and feasible on economic grounds. Political feasibility is more difficult to assess but can be enhanced by well informed, carefully designed reforms.
Author: Carmelo Mesa-Lago
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Author: Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781685858803
Category : Social security
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Stephen J. Kay
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199226806
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Latin America has seen a host of pathbreaking pension reforms, including privatizations that have served as examples for governments throughout the world. Addressing pressing policy issues and highlighting a broad range of country experiences, this book provides an unparalleled account of the lessons from pension reform in North and South America
Author: Carolin A. Crabbe
Publisher: IDB
ISBN: 1597820202
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 417
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Author: Inter-American Dialogue (Organization)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733727617
Category : Cooperation
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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The volume takes a broad view of recent social, political, and economic developments in Latin America. It contains six essays, focused on salient and cross-cutting themes, that try to construct a thread or narrative about the highly diverse region, highlighting its main idiosyncrasies and analyzing where it might be headed in coming years. While the essays recognize considerable advances, they also point out setbacks and missed opportunities that have stood in the way of sustained progress. Strengthening state capacity emerges as a significant challenge.
