Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging in Brazil /

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 suffici...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cuevas, Alfredo
Other Authors: Karpowicz, Izabela, Mulas-Granados, Carlos, Soto, Mauricio
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/099
Online Access:Full text available on IMF