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Poverty Reduction

The Missing Piece of Pension Reform in Latin America

Bibliographic Data

ID11196647
AuthorsArmando Barrientos (0000-0003-0672-7094, University of Sussex, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume40
Issue4
Pages369-384
Publication date2006-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Policy and Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00495.x
OpenAlexW2088026264
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited16

Employment‐based pension plans constitute the main form of pension provision in Latin America. Although recent pension reform in the region has focused on strengthening these, old‐age poverty remains high in most countries in the region, with older people over‐represented among the poor. The article argues that ensuring old‐age support for poor and vulnerable groups involves a different set of priorities and options for pension reform, namely a strong focus on tax‐financed public cash transfer programmes. Cash transfer programmes focused on poor older people are the missing piece of pension reform in the region. The article examines the experience of the handful of countries with such programmes in place, and draws the lessons for the future of social policy in the region

Cash · Cash transfers · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Latin Americans · Pension · Political science · Poverty · Poverty reduction · Social policy · Finance · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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Unique citing works16
Citations per year0,89
Citation span2008 - 2024 (17)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 16
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