Keeping the Promise of Social Security in Latin America
Nations around the world (both large and small, rich and poor) are engaged in debate over how to reform their social security systems and care for the aged. For many countries this debate requires speculation on hypothetical scenarios, but in Latin...
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Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6439421/keeping-promise-social-security-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7391 |
| Summary: | Nations around the world (both large and
small, rich and poor) are engaged in debate over how to
reform their social security systems and care for the aged.
For many countries this debate requires speculation on
hypothetical scenarios, but in Latin America a rich body of
experience on social security reform has been accumulating
for more than a decade (for Chile, more than two decades).
This report, entitled, Keeping the Promise of Social
Security in Latin America, takes stock of those reforms,
evaluates their successes and failures, and considers the
lessons that can be drawn for the future of pension policy
in the region. The authors draw on a series of background
papers and surveys commissioned specifically for this
inquiry, as well as existing research conducted by
themselves and other pension experts. In the debate on
pension reform there is no orthodoxy, as reflected in major
differences of opinion among leading experts. Despite more
than a decade of experience with pension reform in Latin
America, although undoubtedly a major step forward, reforms
are still works in progress. This report furthers enrich
the policy dialogue that is of crucial importance to the
future of the region. |
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