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Population aging : is Latin America ready? (English)

The past half-century has seen enormous changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of about 160 million people, less than today's population of Brazil. Two-thirds of Latin Americans lived in rural areas. Families were large and women had one of the highest fertility rates in the world, low levels of education, and few opportunities for work outside the household. Investments...
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Cotlear,Daniel.

Population aging : is Latin America ready? (English). Directions in development ; human development Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/117291468299147625

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