Population aging : is Latin America ready? : Envejecimiento de la poblacion : esta preparada America Latina ? (Spanish)

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;
Document Date
2011/01/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
58842
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America,
Disclosure Date
2012/02/13
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Envejecimiento de la poblacion : esta preparada America Latina ?
Keywords
access to health services

Language

Spanish

Rel. Proj ID

6L-Demographic Change and Social Policy in LAC -- P110426

Major Sector

Health

Education

Social Protection

Theme

FY17 - Other Excluded Groups,FY17 - Access to Education,FY17 - Health System Strengthening,FY17 - Teachers,FY17 - Social Inclusion,FY17 - Jobs,FY17 - Social Safety Nets,FY17 - Job Creation,FY17 - Reproductive and Maternal Health,FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building,FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use,FY17 - Education,FY17 - Standards, Curriculum and Textbooks,FY17 - Health Systems and Policies,FY17 - Science and Technology

Sector

FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Health,FY17 - Other Education

Historic Topics

Health, Nutrition and Population, Social Protections and Labor,

Historic SubTopics

Demographics, Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Health Systems Development & Reform, Pensions & Retirement Systems, Population Policies,

Unit Owning

Chief Economist (LCRCE)

Version Type

Final

Series Name

Directions in development ; human development;

Product Line

Economic and Sector Work

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Cotlear,Daniel.

Population aging : is Latin America ready? : Envejecimiento de la poblacion : esta preparada America Latina ? (Spanish). Directions in development ; human development Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/332001468045576033

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