El mercado laboral y la seguridad social en Colombia en los inicios del siglo XXI

CEPAL Review no. 89

CEPAL Review no. 89

Social security in the english-speaking Caribbean

This document was prepared by Oliver Paddison, Associate Economic Affairs Officer in the Economic Development Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean. Prepared as a support to the document Shaping the Future of Social Protection: Access, Financing and Solidarity presented in the XXXI ECLAC Session Period carried out in Montevideo, Uruguay during March, 20 to 24, 2006. The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formal editing, are those of the author and do not necess…

Social security in the english-speaking Caribbean

Over the last years issues concerning social security have become important items on the economic and political agenda as given current projections, the financial sustainability of current social security schemes is questioned. Research on social security in the Caribbean is however rather limited, providing decision makers with few answers on how to tackle the issue of reform in the region. This paper highlights the current status of social security in the region. By presenting indicators of recent performance and identifying challenges that schemes in the region face, the study aims to cont…

Shaping the future of social protection: access, financing and solidarity

Since the early 1990s, ECLAC has been advocating a new development paradigm that is better suited to a globalized world of open economies. While retaining the Commission's longstanding focus on seeking out positive synergies between economic growth and social equity as part of a productive modernization process, this paradigm also underscores the importance of enhancing competitiveness, preserving macroeconomic balances and strengthening a participatory and inclusive democratic political system. The idea at the core of this proposal is that the Lati…

La protección social de cara al futuro: acceso, financiamiento y solidaridad

Desde comienzos de los años noventa, la CEPAL viene proponiendo un nuevo marco paradigmático del desarrollo, adecuado a un mundo globalizado de economías abiertas. Dicho marco, al tiempo que mantiene la vocación secular de la institución, buscando generar sinergias positivas entre crecimiento económico y equidad social en el contexto de la modernización productiva, destaca la importancia de aumentar la competitividad, y velar por los equilibrios macroeconómicos y por el fortalecimiento de la democracia política participativa e inclusiva. La idea central es que el des…

El acceso a la jubilación o pensión en Uruguay [recurso electrónico]: ¿cuántos y quiénes lo lograrían?

Reseña Este documento fue preparado por Marisa Bucheli, Natalia Ferreira-Coimbra, Álvaro Forteza y Ianina Rossi. Preparado como apoyo al documento La protección social de cara al futuro: Acceso, financiamiento y solidaridad presentado en el XXXI Período de Sesiones de la CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe), realizado entre los días 20 y 24 de marzo de 2006 en Montevideo, Uruguay. Las opiniones expresadas en este documento, que no ha sido sometido a revisión editorial, son de exclusiva responsabilidad del autor y pueden no coincidir con las de la Organizació…