The OECD Pensions Outlook 2014 assesses policy issues regarding strengthening pension systems and, in particular, funded pension plans. It covers defined benefits and defined contribution pension plans; fiscal incentives to save for retirement; policy measures to improve the financial advice for retirement; annuity products and their guarantees; pension design and financial education; and the...
La presente publicación, compila una serie de artículos cuya autoría estuvo a cargo de académicos y funcionarios con amplia experiencia en el sector salud y vasto conocimiento de los temas que inciden en la calidad de la atención médica y sus repercusiones. En esta segunda edición del libro (la primera fue publicada en 2012), se presentan actualizaciones a varios de los capítulos contenidos en la...
In the absence of health insurance, households have to self-insure against the risk of ill health, which may involve the use of mechanisms that have long-term consequences. This study analyses whether Mexican households are able to smooth consumption after severe health shocks, as well as the contribution of public health insurance in the form of social security and, more recently, the Seguro...
In this paper, we analyse two specific policies that make up the National Care System, a social policy being implemented in Uruguay. Through the calibration of a static tax benefit model, we estimate the distributive impact of the expansion of childcare services and home-based care for dependent elderly, both financed through a progressive direct tax on income. We discuss the importance of...
En América Latina los sistemas de protección social adolecen de profundas segmentaciones y desigualdades, y varios de ellos enfrentan graves crisis de legitimidad como consecuencia de promesas incumplidas. Para emprender reformas que permitan encarar la complejidad de los sistemas existentes, fortalecer su ethos redistributivo y solidario y mejorar la calidad de los servicios es indispensable...
This paper aims at understanding: i) how gender-sensitive and transformative instruments promote territorial development through women’s empowerment and ii) how these instruments can contribute to food security, rural development and poverty reduction. But first, it should be borne in mind that, usually, resources accorded to development programs are limited. For this reason it is crucial to...
Over recent years a number of developing countries and emerging economies in Africa, Asia and Latin America have shown increasing interest in introducing single window services (SWS) for social protection programmes. Indeed, many of them are already rolling out approaches nationwide or are piloting SWS in selected regions. In many cases, bilateral and multilateral development partners are being...
La Ley del Ingreso Ético Familiar (IEF) establece Transferencias Monetarias Condicionadas (PTMC) y da origen al Subsistema Seguridades y Oportunidades, que tiene asociadas transferencias monetarias no condicionadas y condicionadas a la asistencia escolar y a revisiones de salud en la primera infancia. En operación desde el 2013 en Chile, y con 137 mil familias cubiertas al cierre de 2015, el...
Los programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas cumplen veinte años de implementación en América Latina y el Caribe. Este libro aprovecha dicha ocasión para revisar críticamente las opciones de diseño y las soluciones operativas que han utilizado los países de la región con el objetivo de sistematizar el conocimiento operativo acumulado e identificar buenas prácticas y retos pendientes....
Social protection has become prominent in the global development agenda over recent decades, with social protection systems now being included as a target under Sustainable Development Goal 1: 'End poverty in all its forms everywhere'. In developing countries, these policies have played an important role in alleviating extreme poverty, among other impacts that are increasingly being investigated....
