Demographic transition and achieving the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional overview of the National Transfer Accounts

In the context of the rapidly advancing population ageing, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean is currently facing an unprecedented challenge of adapting to the transformed - yet, still evolving - age structure of the population. The paper provides a regional synthesis of the National Tran...

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spelling oai-11362-474182021-11-09T14:06:43Z Demographic transition and achieving the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional overview of the National Transfer Accounts Duda-Nyczak, Marta POBLACION DINAMICA DE LA POBLACION ASPECTOS DEMOGRAFICOS ASPECTOS SOCIALES ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS OBJETIVOS DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE ENVEJECIMIENTO INFANCIA ADOLESCENTES JUVENTUD PROYECCIONES DE POBLACION POPULATION POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION ASPECTS SOCIAL ASPECTS ECONOMIC ASPECTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AGEING CHILDHOOD ADOLESCENCENTS YOUTH POPULATION PROJECTIONS In the context of the rapidly advancing population ageing, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean is currently facing an unprecedented challenge of adapting to the transformed - yet, still evolving - age structure of the population. The paper provides a regional synthesis of the National Transfer Accounts on the basis of the most recent NTA estimates from 10 LAC countries. Despite the greatly varying length of the per capita lifecycle surplus among the countries, the regional average stands at 26 years, with individuals below 30 and above 56 years old experiencing periods of deficits. At the aggregate level, children and youths continue being the biggest ‘burden’ to the regional economy and their deficit is mainly financed by private transfers. Public transfers are the principal financing flow of the older persons’ deficit. Using the UN population projections, the paper further illustrates the potential impacts of the expected demographic changes. 2021-11-08T19:38:37Z 2021-11-08T19:38:37Z 2021-11-08 Texto Documento Completo https://hdl.handle.net/11362/47418 LC/TS.2021/146 en Serie Población y Desarrollo 135 .pdf application/pdf AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ECLAC
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topic POBLACION
DINAMICA DE LA POBLACION
ASPECTOS DEMOGRAFICOS
ASPECTOS SOCIALES
ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
OBJETIVOS DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
ENVEJECIMIENTO
INFANCIA
ADOLESCENTES
JUVENTUD
PROYECCIONES DE POBLACION
POPULATION
POPULATION DYNAMICS
POPULATION ASPECTS
SOCIAL ASPECTS
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
AGEING
CHILDHOOD
ADOLESCENCENTS
YOUTH
POPULATION PROJECTIONS
spellingShingle POBLACION
DINAMICA DE LA POBLACION
ASPECTOS DEMOGRAFICOS
ASPECTOS SOCIALES
ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
OBJETIVOS DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
ENVEJECIMIENTO
INFANCIA
ADOLESCENTES
JUVENTUD
PROYECCIONES DE POBLACION
POPULATION
POPULATION DYNAMICS
POPULATION ASPECTS
SOCIAL ASPECTS
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
AGEING
CHILDHOOD
ADOLESCENCENTS
YOUTH
POPULATION PROJECTIONS
Duda-Nyczak, Marta
Demographic transition and achieving the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional overview of the National Transfer Accounts
description In the context of the rapidly advancing population ageing, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean is currently facing an unprecedented challenge of adapting to the transformed - yet, still evolving - age structure of the population. The paper provides a regional synthesis of the National Transfer Accounts on the basis of the most recent NTA estimates from 10 LAC countries. Despite the greatly varying length of the per capita lifecycle surplus among the countries, the regional average stands at 26 years, with individuals below 30 and above 56 years old experiencing periods of deficits. At the aggregate level, children and youths continue being the biggest ‘burden’ to the regional economy and their deficit is mainly financed by private transfers. Public transfers are the principal financing flow of the older persons’ deficit. Using the UN population projections, the paper further illustrates the potential impacts of the expected demographic changes.
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title Demographic transition and achieving the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional overview of the National Transfer Accounts
title_short Demographic transition and achieving the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional overview of the National Transfer Accounts
title_full Demographic transition and achieving the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional overview of the National Transfer Accounts
title_fullStr Demographic transition and achieving the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional overview of the National Transfer Accounts
title_full_unstemmed Demographic transition and achieving the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional overview of the National Transfer Accounts
title_sort demographic transition and achieving the sdgs in latin america and the caribbean: a regional overview of the national transfer accounts
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publishDate 2021
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