In many ways mankind is at a defining moment in its history and this has come about because of a disease condition called HIV/AIDS. The truth is that the total number of persons living with HIV/AIDS now stands at more than an estimated 36.1 million. This reflects an increase of 2.5 million in the year 2000. A similar story holds in the case of the Caribbean where one source states that “more new...

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La tendencia general indica que los sistemas de seguridad social están enfrentando una crisis en la que su futuro se ve amenazado por desequilibrios actuariales, ya sea reales o potenciales. Los sistemas en los países del Caribe de habla inglesa no han escapado a tales crisis. Es dentro de este contexto donde se establece un marco teórico para evaluar la evolución y el funcionamiento de los...

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This collection is a response to the growing need to reexamine the operations of social security institutions in the Caribbean and covers a number of the issues related to these social security challenges. The issues have been categorized underthe three subject areas of pensions, poverty and health with contributions being drawn from noted practitioners and researchers in the various areas....

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The general trend seems to be that social security schemes are facing a crisis in which their future is threatened by actual or potential actuarial imbalances. The schemes in the English-speaking Caribbean have not been spared such crises. It is within this context that a framework is established for the evaluation of the evolution and performance of social security schemes in general. Five...

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