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Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging in Brazil
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ISBN: 1475596634 9781475596632 1475595557 9781475595550 147559657X Year: 2017 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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In recent decades, population has been aging fast in Brazil while old age pensions and healthrelated spending have increased. As the population ages, the spending trend threaten to reach unsustainable levels absent reforms. Increasing the retirement age is key, but by itself will not provide sufficient savings to close the pension system financing gap, and reforms reducing replacement rates are necessary. In the area of health, there is scope for improving expenditure efficiency by strengthening outpatient care and regional networks, and developing clinical guidelines for cost-effective treatments and drugs. Reforms are urgent, so that they can be gradual.


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Building a Common Future in Southern Africa
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ISBN: 1616353996 1475516746 1475527578 1475528981 1299546765 9781299546769 9781475528985 9781616353995 9781475527575 9781616353995 Year: 2013 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is the oldest customs union in the world, with significant opportunities ahead for creating higher economic growth and increased welfare benefits to the people of the region, by fulfilling its vision to become an economic community with a common market and monetary union. This volume describes policy options to address the barriers to equitable and sustainable development in the region and outlines a plan for deeper regional integration.

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