This paper will examine the effects of population ageing on the medium- and long-term evolution of pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is organized into six sections. After the introductory section, section II provides information on ageing and pension system trends in the Latin American countries, with some references to the international context. Section III gives indicators, data and methods of analysis, and examines the effects of ageing population structures and rising life expectancy on pension system variables: spending on pensions, the financial position, pension lia…
Background In its resolution 47/5 of 16 October 1992, the General Assembly decided to observe the year 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons (1) and to take note of the conceptual framework of a programme for the preparation and observance of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999, as contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/50/114). In resolution 50/141 entitled International Year of Older Persons: Towards a society for all ages , the General Assembly, inter alia, invited the regional commissions, within the existing mandates, to bear in mind the goa…
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El envejecimiento poblacional será, sin duda, el proceso demográfico de mayor
relevancia para las sociedades en la próxima centuria, particularmente en el caso de Uruguay, país
que presenta la estructura demográfica más envejecida de la región.
Hasta ahora, los enfoques prevalecientes sobre el tema han centrado su atención en la
dimensión cuantitativa tanto actual como futura del proceso, lo cual constituye sólo
un aspecto parcial del mismo. La presente investigación, en cambio, está enmarcada en un nuevo
concepto universal sobre la vejez que apunta a lograr calidad de los años agregad…
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