Systems providing financial security for the old are under increasing strain throughout the world. Rapid demographic transitions caused by rising life expectancy and declining fertility mean that the proportion of old to young is growing rapidly. Traditional safety nets, such as community and extended family care are weakening under the weight of this growing burden. Also in peril are the formal systems, such as government backed pensions, which have...
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1994/10/01
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2011/07/28
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Envejecimiento sin crisis : informe de banco mundial sobre investigaciones relativas a politicas de desarrollo
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Social security
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Averting the old age crisis : policies to protect the old and promote growth : Envejecimiento sin crisis : informe de banco mundial sobre investigaciones relativas a politicas de desarrollo (Spanish). Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/204101468190731858