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  Universal minimum old age pensions impact on poverty and fiscal cost in 18 Latin American countries

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2010

  In Latin America, five countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay - have non-contributory pensions.  But pension coverage rates remain below 30% in half of Latin American countries.
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  Brazil’s rural pension system, its development and impacts: lessons for China

  New Dynamics of Ageing, 2009

  Like Brazil in the 1960s, China is now facing problems of large geographical inequalities, as well high rates of rural to urban migration of younger aged adults. However, rural older people account for a much higher share of China‟s total population than in Brazil. This both increases the urgency for universal pension provision and increases the economic cost of doing so.
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  Latin America’s aging challenge: demographics and retirement policy in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico

  Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2009

  Latin America’s population aged 65 or over will triple to 18.5 percent by 2050. Fertility is declining. The coming age wave poses two fundamental challenges for Latin America. The first is to fashion national retirement systems capable of providing an adequate level of support for the old without imposing a crushing burden on the young.
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  Monetary policy challenges for emerging market economies

  Cornell University Library, 2009

  Emerging market economies have now become one of the most dynamic and economically important groups in the world economy. As these economies become larger and more integrated into international trade and finance, they face an increasingly complex set of policy challenges.
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  Pension coverage and informal sector workers: international experiences

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009

  Pension reform around the world in recent decades has focused mainly on the formal sector. Consequently, many of those working in the informal sector have been left out of structured pension arrangements, particularly in developing countries.
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  Phoenix miracles in emerging markets: recovering without credit from systemic financial crises

  Bank for International Settlements, 2006

  After a financial "shock", economic activity in many emerging economies returns to pre-shock levels relatively quickly. The interesting feature of these episodes is that in many cases, although a credit crunch appears to be central for explaining output collapse, recovery can take place without credit.
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  Auditing, accountability and anti-corruption: multilateral lending to legislative budget oversight and external auditing of public finances in Latin America

  Centro Latinoamericano de Desarrollo, 2006

  This paper reviews multilateral lending to the institutions of budget oversight and public finance accountability in Latin America, focusing on the case of the IDB. The IDB lending and technical assistance to legislative budget institutions and external audit agencies is part of its broader efforts to enhance financial management in the public sector of its borrowing countries.
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  Budget institutions and fiscal responsibility: parliaments and the political economy of the budget process

  Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2005

  Can parliaments make an effective contribution to the budget process while preserving fiscal discipline? Reforming budget institutions represents a critical task for emerging economies seeking to strengthen transparency and curb corruption in the management of public finances.
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  Distributional effects of optimal commodity taxes combined with minimum income programs in Brazil

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2003

  Commodity taxes play an important role in Brazil, accounting for around 60 per cent of total tax revenue, and providing a major tool for the redistribution of income in one of the most unequal societies in the world.
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  When do the rich willingly pay income tax?

  Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2002

  Brazil and South Africa have much in common. In particular, they are both large middle income countries with very high levels of income inequality where whites historically have dominated over blacks.They differ markedly in terms of the significance of income tax. Relatively little income tax is collected in Brazil (4% of GDP).

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