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" Keeping the Promise of Social Security in Latin America. "
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BL
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983378
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b737748
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Gill, Indermit Singh,1961-
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Keeping the Promise of Social Security in Latin America.
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| Publication Statement
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Palo Alto, Calif. :: A copublication of Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, and the World Bank, Washington, DC,, ©2005.
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| Series Statement
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Latin American development forum series
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1 online resource (xxi, 341 pages) :: illustrations
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0804751811
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: 0804752389
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: 0821358170
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: 1280085436
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: 1417561882
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: 6610085439
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: 9780804751810
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: 9780804752381
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: 9780821358177
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: 9780821383759
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: 9781280085437
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: 9781417561889
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: 9786610085439
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and index.
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| Contents
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Rethinking Social Security Priorities in Latin America -- Retrospective: Fiscal, Financial, and Social Benefits from Pension Reform -- Structural Reforms to Social Security in Latin America -- The Fiscal Sustainability of Public Pension Promises in Latin America -- The Financial Benefits of Pension Reform -- Social Gains from Pension Reforms in Latin America -- Analytical: How Governments Can Help Individuals Deal with Retirement -- How Individuals View Social Security -- How Well Has the "Savings" Component Performed from the Individual's Perspective? -- The Preferences That Individuals Reveal -- Prospective: The Future of Social Security in Latin America -- Preventing Poverty in Old Age: Improving the Pooling Component -- Facilitating Consumption Smoothing: Improving the Savings Component -- The Way Forward -- Technical Annex. Assumptions of PROST Simulations -- Background Papers for Keeping the Promise -- Three Central Dilemmas of Pension Privatization -- Bolivia's Pension Reform: A Transition Considerably More Costly Than Expected -- Virtuous and Vicious Fiscal Circles: The Cases of Chile and Argentina -- The Importance of Concomitant Reforms in the Financial System -- Inflation-Indexed Securities in Latin America -- Defining the Coverage Problem: What Is It and Why Do We Care? -- Was Increasing Coverage an Objective of Pension Reform? -- The Welfare State as a Piggy Bank to Reduce Old-Age Income Insecurity -- A Theory of "Comprehensive Insurance" -- The Four Fundamental Risks in Retirement Income Security Systems -- Comparing Notional Defined Contribution Systems and Pension Funds Invested in Inflation- and Wage-Indexed Government Bonds -- Argentina's System in Crisis: Do Private Accounts Protect Workers from Policy Risk? -- Points to Keep in Mind When Comparing Risks in Pension Fund Portfolios in Latin America.
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Nations around the world (both large and small, rich and poor) are engaged in debate over how to reform their social security systems and care for the aged. For many countries this debate requires speculation on hypothetical scenarios, but in Latin America a rich body of experience on social security reform has been accumulating for more than a decade (for Chile, more than two decades). This report, entitled, Keeping the Promise of Social Security in Latin America, takes stock of those reforms, evaluates their successes and failures, and considers the lessons that can be drawn for the future of pension policy in the region. The authors draw on a series of background papers and surveys commissioned specifically for this inquiry, as well as existing research conducted by themselves and other pension experts. In the debate on pension reform there is no orthodoxy, as reflected in major differences of opinion among leading experts. Despite more than a decade of experience with pension reform in Latin America, although undoubtedly a major step forward, reforms are still works in progress. This report furthers enrich the policy dialogue that is of crucial importance to the future of the region.
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Social security-- Latin America.
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Sécurité sociale-- Amérique latine.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
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Social security.
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Sécurité sociale.
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Amérique latine.
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Latin America.
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368.4/0098
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HD7130.5.G55 2005
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Packard, Truman.
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Yermo, Juan,1972-
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