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Aging, Poverty, and Social Protection in Latin America: How Does the Future Look for the Elderly Population?

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This essay reviews the following works: Los sistemas de pensiones en la encrucijada: Desafíos para la sostenibilidad en América Latina. By Alberto Arenas de Mesa. Santiago: CEPAL, 2019. Pp. 315. Open access. Power, Alliances, and Redistribution: The Politics of Social Protection for Low-income Earners in Argentina, 1943–2015. By Carl Freidrich Bossert. Berlin: Budrich Academic Press, Opladen, 2021. Pp. 373. Open access. El porvenir de la vejez: Demografía, empleo y ahorro. By María Amparo Cruz Saco, Bruno Seminario, Favio Leiva, Carla Moreno, and María Alejandra Zegarra. Lima: Universidad del Pacífico, 2021. Pp. 430. S/.52.00 paperback, S/.28.00 ebook. La desestructuración del sistema peruano de pensiones. By María Amparo Cruz-Saco, Bruno Seminario, Favio Leiva, Carla Moreno, María Alejandra Zegarra. Lima: Universidad del Pacífico, 2020. Pp. 96. Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America. Edited By Gibrán Cruz-Martínez. New York: Routledge, 2019. Pp. 254. $47.65 e-book. Pensiones de capitalización individual en América Latina: Efectos, reformas, impacto del COVID-19 y propuestas de política. By Carmelo Mesa-Lago. Santiago: CEPAL, 2022. Pp. 104. Open access.

Source: Latin American Research Review

DOI: 10.1017/lar.2024.52

Author: Silvia Borzutzky

Institution: Carnegie Mellon University

Language: English

Topic: Social Policy and Reform Studies

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,450