Existe un creciente reconocimiento de que los países en desarrollo deben priorizar la ampliación pisos nacionales de protección social. Pero, ¿cuáles son los pisos de protección social, y qué relación tienen para el sistema de pensiones? Este informe tiene como objetivo responder a estas preguntas, y para introducir el concepto de una "pensión de los ciudadanos" como un enfoque especial relevancia...
In 2000 only 22% of older people in Mexico received a pension. Then, in 2002, the first non-contributory pension was introduced in Mexico City. Since then 17 of Mexico's 31 states have also introduced social pensions and so has the federal district. The introduction of these non-contributory pensions meant that in 2013 coverage had risen to 88%. This briefing first looks at the situation before...
We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we introduce a novel micro-founded dynamic general equilibrium framework in which parents trade off the number of children against investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better female health speeds up the...
Además de incluir informes relativos a los principales proyectos y reuniones del año transcurrido, el Informe Anual ofrece una lista de herramientas y recursos que la AISS pone a su disposición para que pueda acceder a una amplia gama de información en materia de seguridad social. Además, incluye una descripción detallada de la membresía, estructura y el funcionamiento de la AISS.
La evolución de las estructuras familiares en el mundo muestra que existe una gran diversidad de familias. Siendo un fenómeno principalmente cultural, la familia es el reflejo profundo, en su estructura y sus funciones, de una historia y una cultura. El presente informe trata de analizar dicha diversidad. Efectivamente, ¿qué tienen en común la familia tradicional asiática, la familia aún más...
Empirical analysis of two decades of pioneering pension and social security reform in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that much has been achieved, but that critical challenges remain. In tackling this unfinished agenda, a great deal can be learned from the reform experience of countries in the region. 'Keeping the Promise of Social Security in Latin America', produced by the chief...
This document lays out the social security strategy of the International Labour Organization on the extension of social security. The ILO's two-dimensional strategy provides clear guidance on the future development of social security in countries at all levels of development. Its horizontal dimension aims at establishing and maintaining social protection floors as a fundamental element of national...
This book outlines basic concepts such as the social protection floor and the social security staircase, analyses the affordability of various approaches, and examines the results of practices around the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Este libro describe los conceptos básicos como el piso de protección social y de la escalera de la seguridad social, analiza la asequibilidad...
Report of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group chaired by Michelle Bachelet. In many ways the power of the social protection floor lies in its simplicity. The floor is based on the idea that everyone should enjoy at least basic income security sufficient to live, guaranteed through transfers in cash or in kind, such as pensions for the elderly and persons with disabilities, child benefits,...
This paper systematically compares and evaluates the reforms of private pensions systems in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Hungary due to initial failures in design and performance after its implementation. The document presents advantages and flaws of the structural reforms and private pension systems before the re-reform and analyses legal features and socio-economic effects of the re-reforms....
