Population Aging : Is Latin America Ready?

Cotlear, Daniel

dc.creator	Cotlear, Daniel
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:36:03Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:36:03Z
dc.date	2011
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:38:09Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:38:09Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20110107011214
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8487-9
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2542
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242965
dc.description	The past half-century has seen enormous changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of about 160 million people, less than today's population of Brazil. Two-thirds of Latin Americans lived in rural areas. Families were large and women had one of the highest fertility rates in the world, low levels of education, and few opportunities for work outside the household. Investments in health and education reached only a small fraction of the children, many of whom died before reaching age five. Since then, the size of the LAC population has tripled and the mostly rural population has been transformed into a largely urban population. There have been steep reductions in child mortality, and investments in health and education have increased, today reaching a majority of children. Fertility has been more than halved and the opportunities for women in education and for work outside the household have improved significantly. Life expectancy has grown by 22 years. Less obvious to the casual observer, but of significance for policy makers, a population with a large fraction of dependent children has evolved into a population with fewer dependents and a very large proportion of working-age adults. This overview seeks to introduce the reader to three groups of issues related to population aging in LAC. First is a group of issues related to the support of the aging and poverty in the life cycle. Second is the question of the health transition. Third is an understanding of the fiscal pressures that are likely to accompany population aging and to disentangle the role of demography from the role of policy in that process.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	Directions in Development ; human development
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	ADULT MORTALITY
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	AGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	AGING
dc.subject	AGING POPULATIONS
dc.subject	AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE
dc.subject	CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
dc.subject	CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
dc.subject	CENTER FOR HEALTH
dc.subject	CHALLENGES OF POPULATION
dc.subject	CHANGES IN POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	CHILD CARE
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CHILDREN PER WOMAN
dc.subject	CHRONIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject	CHRONIC DISEASE
dc.subject	CITIES
dc.subject	COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subject	COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
dc.subject	DECLINE IN FERTILITY
dc.subject	DECLINES IN MORTALITY
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHERS
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
dc.subject	DEPENDENCY RATIO
dc.subject	DEPENDENCY RATIOS
dc.subject	DEPENDENT CHILDREN
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DIABETES
dc.subject	DISABILITIES
dc.subject	DISABILITY
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	ELDERLY
dc.subject	ELDERLY POPULATION
dc.subject	EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FERTILITY DECLINE
dc.subject	FERTILITY LEVELS
dc.subject	FERTILITY RATE
dc.subject	FERTILITY RATES
dc.subject	FERTILITY TRANSITIONS
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE DEMAND
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION
dc.subject	HEALTH CONDITIONS
dc.subject	HEALTH COSTS
dc.subject	HEALTH EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject	HEALTH PLANS
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject	HEALTH PROBLEMS
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH STATUS
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject	HIV
dc.subject	HOSPITAL
dc.subject	HOSPITALIZATION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
dc.subject	HYPERTENSION
dc.subject	ILL HEALTH
dc.subject	ILLNESS
dc.subject	IMMIGRANTS
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION COUNTRIES
dc.subject	IMMUNODEFICIENCY
dc.subject	IMPACT OF POPULATION
dc.subject	IMPACT ON HEALTH
dc.subject	IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME SECURITY
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject	INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject	INTEREST IN POPULATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
dc.subject	ISOLATION
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	LACK OF ACCESS TO TREATMENT
dc.subject	LARGE FAMILIES
dc.subject	LARGE POPULATION
dc.subject	LARGE POPULATIONS
dc.subject	LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
dc.subject	LEADING CAUSES
dc.subject	LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subject	LEADING CAUSES OF MORTALITY
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LEGISLATORS
dc.subject	LEVEL OF POVERTY
dc.subject	LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LIVING CONDITIONS
dc.subject	LONG-TERM CARE
dc.subject	LOW FERTILITY
dc.subject	MAJORITY OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	MALARIA
dc.subject	MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH
dc.subject	MEDICAL NEEDS
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MORBIDITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NUMBER OF BIRTHS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	OBESITY
dc.subject	OFFICE OF POPULATION
dc.subject	OLD AGE
dc.subject	OLD-AGE
dc.subject	OLDER ADULTS
dc.subject	OLDER PEOPLE
dc.subject	OLDER PERSONS
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
dc.subject	PANDEMIC
dc.subject	PARASITIC DISEASES
dc.subject	PENSIONS
dc.subject	PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGE
dc.subject	POLICY DECISIONS
dc.subject	POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLIO
dc.subject	POOR NUTRITION
dc.subject	POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POPULATION CHANGE
dc.subject	POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	POPULATION DIVISION
dc.subject	POPULATION ESTIMATES
dc.subject	POPULATION FIELD
dc.subject	POPULATION GROUPS
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	POPULATION ISSUES
dc.subject	POPULATION MOMENTUM
dc.subject	POPULATION RESEARCH
dc.subject	POPULATION STRUCTURE
dc.subject	POPULATION STUDIES
dc.subject	PROBABILITY
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUBLIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject	RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	REPLACEMENT LEVEL
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE AGE
dc.subject	RESPIRATORY DISEASES
dc.subject	RISK FACTORS
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	SERVICE UTILIZATION
dc.subject	SLOWER POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	SOCIAL AFFAIRS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subject	SPOUSE
dc.subject	SPOUSES
dc.subject	TRAUMA
dc.subject	TUBERCULOSIS
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION
dc.subject	URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject	URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject	VIRGIN
dc.subject	WOMAN
dc.subject	WORKERS
dc.subject	WORKFORCE
dc.subject	WORKING-AGE POPULATION
dc.subject	WORLD CONFERENCE
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	WORLD POPULATION
dc.subject	YOUNG ADULTS
dc.subject	YOUNG AGES
dc.subject	YOUNG CHILDREN
dc.subject	YOUNG PEOPLE
dc.title	Population Aging : Is Latin America Ready?
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	Latin America

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