2020 EDR: Pension and Healthcare Systems in Latin America - presentation video
Channel: CAF -banco de desarrollo de Latam y el Caribe-
Date: 03/11/2020

CAF -Development Bank of Latin America- invites interested parties to the regional launch of the 2020 EDR “Pension and Healthcare Systems in Latin America: Challenges of an Aging Population, Technological Change and Informal Economy”

  
Social Protection in the 21st century in the countries of the region will be strongly conditioned by informal labor, automation, and digitalization of production processes, and especially by a rapidly aging population. In fact, over the next 30 years, the share of Latin Americans ages 65 and older will double to almost 18%.

This report focuses on the nature of the challenges faced by social protection systems and public policies to address them. Its primary focus is pensions and the provision of healthcare and nursing care services for the elderly. Its objective is to provide a comprehensive and in-depth outlook of both systems, which takes into account the interactions between demographic structure, the labor market, and the factors that determine their financial balance and sustainability. It also describes a set of keys to building high-quality, financially sustainable social protection for the elderly.