Detail The Gain Before the Pain; Demography   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 405 no. 8812 (Nov. 2012), page SS10-SS13. Topik: Demographics; Social Policy Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.74 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Fifty years ago Mexico was one of the world's great producers of people. In the 1960s Mexican women had an average of seven children each; now they have only 2.4, and before 2020 the number is expected to drop below two. At the same time life expectancy has grown. In 1960 most Mexicans did not live beyond their 50s, and the average age was 17. Today the country has a wrinklier face. On average people live to 77, only a couple of years less than in the United States. Mexico's shift from a big baby-producer to a fast-ageing nation will provide an enormous demographic dividend. It also harbours an almighty time-bomb. Mr Pena has trailed fiscal reform as one of his big legislative projects, not least to increase revenues sufficiently to allow Pemex, the state oil monopoly (which provides about a third of the government's income), to invest more in exploration and technology. He has also promised a new universal social-security system to provide health and unemployment insurance and pensions, financed by general taxation. Congress already has a lot on its plate, but it would do better to overhaul the system now than wait until the demographic time bomb goes off. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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