Latin America and Caribbean

Demographic transition and the regulatory shortcomings of Brazil’s social security

Brazil’s social security and social assistance provisions are too expensive and becoming more so relative to the country’s age profile and per capita GDP. This paper concludes that Brazil’s social provisions must undergo deepregulatory changes if they are to meet the challenge posed by thecountry’s shifting demography, as population ageing is the single mostimportant factor affecting social security in Brazil.

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Using indicators to communicate risk: ( O., D. Cardona (ed);M., L. Carreño (ed) / Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management , 2011); In order to improve disaster risk understanding and disaster risk management performance in Latin America and the Caribbean a transparent, representative and robust system of indicators was developed ...
Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean: ( , 2009); The main objective of this publication is to make visible the inherent gender issues in the experience, management and adaptation to risk in the Caribbean region. The development dilemma posed by clim...
Energy, climate change and poverty alleviation - policy paper: ( Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development , 2010); The papers from three of GNESD’s Member centres examine different aspects of the complex links between climate change, energy and poverty, to help clarify the debate and to demonstrate that the ...
Forests and climate change in Latin America: linking adaptation and mitigation: ( B. Locatelli;V. Evans;A. Wardell;A. Andrade;R. Vignola / Forests - Open Access Journal , 2011); Forest ecosystems play an important role in both adaptation and mitigation and there is a need to explore the linkages between these two options in order to understand their trade-offs and synergies. ...
Realising REDD + national strategy and policy options: ( Center for International Forestry Research , 2009); Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and enhancing forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+) started as a global initiative. More than 40 countries are developing n...
Policies to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in tropical forests: ( M. Eric / Resources for the Future , 2007); Deforestation and forest degradation account for 20 percent of annual total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The vast majority of these forestry emissions come from deforestation in developing countrie...
A review of the literature on autonomous adaptation to climate change focusing on developing countries: ( A. Malik (ed);X. Qin (ed);S. Smith (ed) / The George Washington University Medical Center, USA , 2010); The global climate is already shifting and further significant change is expected in the coming decades. Studies on climate change have long focused on mitigation, although adaptation has drawn more a...
Food security and gender insights: ( S. Turrall (ed) / Knowledge Services, IDS , 2012); This issue of insights shows how development policy and practice can potentially improve food security while supporting women’s empowerment. They can focus on women’s cr...
How important is information to disaster response?: ( International Research Institute for Climate and Society , 2011); This paper highlights recent advances in the use of climate information to improve livelihoods and save lives. By analysing experiences like that of the Red Cross in West Africa, it takes stock of the...
Showcasing 15 sound practices in disaster risk reduction in mega-cities: ( F. Bendimerad;J. Buika;J. Fernandez / Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative , 2007); Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is an important component for achieving sustainable development of cities and progress towards the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. This manual is a di...