One of the pending tasks in Latin America is the development of a pension system that is widely accessible, sufficient and financially sustainable over time. Beyond the different degrees of progress in each of the countries, they all face similar internal and global challenges. In particular, the problems of high informality of institutions and labor markets make the road even more uphill.
The recent Covid19 pandemic scenario has highlighted the structural weaknesses of pension systems in the region, thus exacerbating several transformations that were already unfolding. While internally, the main challenges already rested on the consolidation of the necessary economic stability and the development of consensus among economic and social agents, externally, a series of global trends such as demographic, financial, labor, technological and environmental ones were being observed.
All of the above raises the need for policy makers in Latin America to develop approaches aimed at innovating their respective retirement systems where, for example, some tools that are being developed in the regulatory, digital and behavioral economics fields are showing increasing evidence that they can support public policies in a more generalized way, helping to build a more sustainable profile for pension systems.
Given this scenario, different pension experts have been brought together to develop the book "Innovating pensions for the self-employed and informal workers in Latin America", edited by pinBoxSolutions. This volume aims to propose innovative solutions to the main problems on the supply and demand side that have been limiting the possibility of building greater pension savings, particularly in the informal population segments. To this end, the analysis, diagnoses, regulatory initiatives and innovative experiences that contribute to improving pension systems will be brought together. This will make it possible to build a set of concrete recommendations for Latin American policy makers.
Una de las tareas pendientes en Latinoamérica se centra en el desarrollo de un sistema de pensiones que sea de acceso amplio, suficiente y financieramente sostenible en el tiempo. Más allá de los diferentes grados de avance en el que se encuentran cada uno de los países, todos enfrentan similares retos internos y globales. En particular, los problemas de elevada informalidad de las instituciones y de sus mercados laborales, hace el camino aun más cuesta arriba.
El reciente escenario de pandemia del Covid19 ha puesto de manifiesto en la región las debilidades estructurales de los sistemas de pensiones, agudizando así varias transformaciones que ya se venía desplegando. Mientras internamente, los principales retos ya descansaban en la consolidación de la necesaria estabilidad económica y el desarrollo de consensos entre los agentes
económicos y sociales, en el ámbito externo se venían observando una serie de tendencias globales tales como las demográficas, financieras, laborales, tecnológicas y medio ambientales.
Todo lo anterior plantea a los hacedores de política en Latinoamérica la necesidad de desarrollar aproximaciones dirigidas a innovar sus respectivos sistemas para la jubilación donde, por ejemplo, algunas herramientas que se vienen desarrollando en el ámbito regulatorio, digital y la economía del comportamiento, muestran cada vez mayor evidencia que pueden dar soporte de forma más generalizada a las políticas públicas ayudando a ir construyendo un perfil más sostenible a los sistemas pensionarios.
Dado este escenario, es que diferentes expertos en pensiones han sido reunidos para desarrollar el libro "Innovating pensions for the self-employed and informal workers in Latin America”, editado por pinBoxSolutions. Este volumen tiene como objetivo proponer soluciones innovadoras a los principales problemas desde el lado de la oferta y la demanda que vienen limitando la posibilidad de construir un mayor ahorro pensionario, en particular en los segmentos poblacionales en el mundo informal. Para ello se reunirá el análisis, diagnósticos, inciativas regulatorias y experiencias innovadoras que contribuyan a mejorar los sistemas de pensiones. Con ello se podrá construir un conjunto de recomendaciones concretas para los hacedores de política latinoamericanos.
Pensions for all proposals for inclusive pensions in Latin America
(Version 02.02.2023)
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
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Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
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