04429oam 22009255 450 991096406640332120251116222502.09786612966446978128296644412829664489780821384695082138469410.1596/978-0-8213-8487-9(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(The World Bank)ocn653483622(US-djbf)16376386(Perlego)1483997(EXLCZ)99256000000005597220100805d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPopulation aging : is Latin America ready? /edited by Daniel Cotlear1st ed.Washington, DC :World Bank,[2011]copyright 2011.xxix, 286 pages illustrations ;23 cmDirections in development. Human developmentDescription based upon print version of record.9780821384879 0821384872 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.Human development.World Bank e-Library.Older peopleCaribbean AreaEconomic conditionsOlder peopleLatin AmericaEconomic conditionsPopulation agingEconomic aspectsCaribbean AreaCongressesPopulation agingEconomic aspectsLatin AmericaCongressesPopulation agingHealth aspectsCaribbean AreaCongressesPopulation agingHealth aspectsLatin AmericaCongressesPopulation agingSocial aspectsCaribbean AreaCongressesPopulation agingSocial aspectsLatin AmericaCongressesOlder peopleEconomic conditions.Older peopleEconomic conditions.Population agingEconomic aspectsPopulation agingEconomic aspectsPopulation agingHealth aspectsPopulation agingHealth aspectsPopulation agingSocial aspectsPopulation agingSocial aspects305.26098Cotlear Daniel1812043DLCDLCYDXYDXCPCDXBWXNLMDLCBOOK9910964066403321Population aging4472828UNINA