March 2022

Report on the economic impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Latin America and the Caribbean
10Mar

Report on the economic impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Latin America and the Caribbean

By ECLAC On 26 March 2020, the Government of Mexico convened a virtual ministerial meeting on health affairs for response and follow-up to the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was attended by foreign ministers and health representatives from 30 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), as well as regional organizations. As a result of the meeting, CELAC formed a strategic alliance with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)...

March 10, 2022
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February 2022
10Feb

Latin America lags on decarbonization financing, report says

Decarbonization efforts in Latin America are being held back by lack of policy and private sector financing, according to a report released Wednesday by Janus Henderson Investors. Read also UK. Force pension funds to align with net zero goal, says Richard Curtis The Janus Henderson Latin America Decarbonization Report found that climate bond issuance in Latin America, at $45 billion in 12 countries at the end of 2021, is relatively small compared to the size of the region and to the...

February 10, 2022
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December 2021
23Dec

The impact of non-contributory cash transfers on poverty in Latin America

By Simone Cecchini, Pablo Villatoro & Xavier Mancero This article assesses the impact of conditional cash transfers, social pensions and other non-contributory transfers on different indicators of poverty and extreme poverty in Latin America, based on an analysis of household surveys from 15 countries in the region between 2014 and 2017. It is found that in 2017, the combined effect of non-contributory social protection programmes reduced simple regional averages for poverty by 2.0 percentage points and for extreme poverty by...

December 23, 2021
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01Dec

Latin America and the Caribbean is ageing rapidly, however the projections may be better than expected

The region is projected to experience a rapid change in its population’s age structure. The proportion of citizens older than 65 will more than double in the next three decades. However, rethinking ageing in terms of health is crucial to inform public policy, argue Diego Wachs (LSE) and Andres Roman Urrestarazu (Stanford University). Read also Private pension plans in Latin America and sustainable finance Latin America and the Caribbean will experience a rapid change in their population structure over the next...

December 1, 2021
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September 2021
09Sep

Private pension plans in Latin America and sustainable finance

The private pension plan (PPP) market in Latin America is the region’s largest institutional client segment, with more than USD 900 billion in assets under management (AUM) at the end of 2020. And with projections forecasting AUM to reach USD 1.4 trillion by 2023, the PPPs are a reference point for smaller investors. Along with sovereign wealth funds (SWF), Latin America’s PPPs control a significant share of assets relative to GDP and thus can be very influential in the...

September 9, 2021
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August 2021
11Aug

How COVID-19, politics have impacted Latin America’s private pension fund industry

Assets under management held by Latin America’s private pension fund managers have trended higher, reaching US$659bn last year. Growth, albeit slower than in previous years, was eked out in 2020 amid the COVID-19 economic fallout. Nevertheless, the number of contributors fell. Read also Finland tops global pension rankings These managers – known in private pension fund trailblazer Chile as AFPs – are key drivers of economic development, typically investing in company stock, government debt and infrastructure bonds. Read also The Origins of ESG...

August 11, 2021
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June 2021
30Jun

Emerging markets face a USD 5.4 trillion-per-year shortfall in savings for sustainable retirements, says Swiss Re Institute

- Emerging markets face a USD 5.4 trillion pension savings shortfall for every year of their workers' retirements, or USD 106 trillion in cumulative terms.¹ - This gap between emerging markets' pension assets and pension income need is about USD 40,000 for every worker – about 8.5 times the average annual worker's income. Read also Namibia. President signs law that consolidate regulations of all financial institutions Latin America has a pension savings gap of USD 514 billion per year, or USD 50 000 per worker on average. Brazil has the region's highest gap due to...

June 30, 2021
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April 2021
28Apr

Latin America. What Comes After the Commodity Super Cycle and the Pandemic? Policies to Tackle Poverty and Inequality in Latin America

Latin America entered the pandemic as one of the most unequal regions in the world. And like much of the rest of the world, it will come out of the pandemic poorer and more unequal. Early estimates suggest that 19 million more people in the region have fallen into poverty and inequality increased by 5 percent compared to pre-crisis levels. Large scale public support in many countries prevented an even worse outcome, but this pushed public debt levels from...

April 28, 2021
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06Apr

The Post-Pandemic Safety Net

With the United States beset by the COVID-19 pandemic, a deep economic recession, and heightened racial tensions, many observers predicted – some in hope, others resignedly – that the 2020 elections would bring about a significant change in the country’s social contract. Fortunately, they appear to have been right. Proposals to strengthen the welfare state and social safety nets have gone mainstream – and not only in America. I argued back in May 2019 that America was ready for a...

April 6, 2021
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01Apr

Evaluation of Four Decades of Pension Privatization in Latin America, 1980-2020: Promises and Reality

By Carmelo Mesa-Lago The author of this book has published other 40 on social security since 1968, dealing with pensions, health care, and social assistance, in seven languages and in 34 countries. His new book is a product of many works in the last 30 years, which have been integrated, updated, and expanded under a new methodological framework. The book thoroughly documents the effects of the privatization of pensions in nine countries in Latin America from 1980 until the present:...

April 1, 2021
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