04037nam 2200757Ia 450 991045821510332120200520144314.01-282-96644-897866129664460-8213-8469-4(CKB)2560000000055972(EBL)660560(OCoLC)704434291(SSID)ssj0000472257(PQKBManifestationID)12159929(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472257(PQKBWorkID)10433751(PQKB)10248235(MiAaPQ)EBC660560(Au-PeEL)EBL660560(CaPaEBR)ebr10440519(CaONFJC)MIL296644(EXLCZ)99256000000005597220100805d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPopulation aging[electronic resource] is Latin America ready? /edited by Daniel CotlearWashington, DC World Bankc20111 online resource (481 p.)Directions in development. Human developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-8487-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - Population Aging: Is Latin America Ready?; Chapter 2 - Demographic Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chapter 3 - Poverty, the Aging, and the Life Cycle in Latin America; Chapter 4 - How Age Influences the Demand for Health Care in Latin America; Chapter 5 - The Economics of Happiness and Health Policy: How Health Norms Vary across Cohorts in Latin AmericaChapter 6 - Who Benefits from Public Transfers? Incidence across Income Groups and across Generations in Brazil and ChileChapter 7 - The Fiscal Impact of Demographic Change in Ten Latin American Countries: Projecting Public Expenditures in Education, Health, and Pensions; Index; Back CoverLatin America and the Caribbean will soon face the challenges of an aging population. This process, which took over a century in the rich world, will occur in two or three decades in the developing world; seven of the 25 countries that will age more rapidly are in LAC. Population aging will pose challenges and offer opportunities. This book explores three sets of issues. First is a group of issues related to the support of the aging and poverty in the life cycle. This covers questions of work and retirement, income and wealth, and living arrangements and intergenerational transfers. It also exDirections in development (Washington, D.C.).Human development.Older peopleCaribbean AreaEconomic conditionsOlder peopleLatin AmericaEconomic conditionsPopulation agingEconomic aspectsCaribbean AreaCongressesPopulation agingEconomic aspectsLatin AmericaCongressesPopulation agingHealth aspectsCaribbean AreaCongressesPopulation agingHealth aspectsLatin AmericaCongressesPopulation agingSocial aspectsCaribbean AreaCongressesPopulation agingSocial aspectsLatin AmericaCongressesElectronic books.Older peopleEconomic conditions.Older peopleEconomic conditions.Population agingEconomic aspectsPopulation agingEconomic aspectsPopulation agingHealth aspectsPopulation agingHealth aspectsPopulation agingSocial aspectsPopulation agingSocial aspects305.26098Cotlear D(Daniel)931497MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458215103321Population aging2095407UNINA