This paper analyzes social protection policies for families and early childhood focusing on three main policies: family allowances and other types of monetary transfers for families with children, work leaves and early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies worldwide. It analyzes the design and reform of policies which protect families with children and early childhood comparing Latin America with other regions in the world. This analysis not only includes the basic description of these policies and its main features worldwide and across regions, but also pays attention to how these poli…
This document provides a world comparative analysis regarding the design and reform of pension systems in order to improve coverage, equality and sustainability. It looks at how pension systems, rules and financing affect coverage, sufficiency, and distribution as well as fiscal and intergenerational sustainability and equality.…
Las cuentas nacionales de transferencia permiten examinar las posibles implicaciones de los cambios demográficos futuros sobre las finanzas públicas y la solvencia de los sistemas de protección social. Las opciones de política que se diseñen para hacer frente a estos cambios deben asegurar la solvencia de las políticas macroeconómicas, pero con igual intensidad deben garantizar el financiamiento estable de la protección social. Los países han avanzado en la fijación de reglas fiscales frente al ciclo económico, como resultado de su esfuerzo por institucionalizar políticas contracíclicas. El di…
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