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Promoting and Developing Social Security Worldwide.
BRICS
Social security in the BRICS countries

The term BRICS refers to the countries of Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa, which together count for over 40 per cent of the world’s population and 20 per cent of global GDP.

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Towards Universal Social Security in Emerging Economies
2012, 2 p
Across the world, many countries are cutting social security spending and rolling back commitments to universal coverage by restricting benefits, narrowly targeting policies and means-testing claimants. But some are bucking this trend. Despite decades of pressure for social...
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La protection sociale dans les BRICS
Centre d'analyse stratégique, 2012, 12 p.
Les BRICS ont accompli en l'espace de quelques années des progrès substantiels dans la mise en place de leurs systèmes de protection sociale. La poursuite de ce développement impliquera cependant de lever de nouveaux obstacles, notamment en matière de financement et...
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Labour law and worker protection in emerging countries
France. Centre d'analyse strate?gique, 2012, 12 p. + annexes

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No child left without: a universal benefit for children in Brazil
Soares, Sergei; De Souza, Pedro, The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2012, 6 p.

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The Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China : Challenges and Prospects
Fang, Cai, ; et al., , World Bank, 2012, 150 p
Although average incomes in China have risen dramatically since the 1980s, concerns are increasing that the rural elderly have not benefited from growth to the same extent as younger people and the urban elderly. Concerns about welfare of the rural elderly combine spatial and...
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New Growth Drivers for Low-Income Countries: The Role of BRICs
IMF, 2011, 63 p
The emergence of BRICs Brazil, Russia, India, and China is reshaping low-income countries' (LICs) international economic relations. While industrial countries remain LICs' dominant development partners, LIC-BRIC ties have increased so rapidly over the past decade that BRICs...
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Who pays if you're sick?
OECD, , 2011, 1 p
Emerging economies have made good progress on health coverage recently, but the share of out-of-pocket payments in total health expenditure remains significantly higher than in most advanced countries
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The world in 2050 - Beyond the BRICS: a broader look at emerging market growth prospects
PWC, 2008, 35 p
In March 2006 we published a report highlighting the rapid growth and increasing global significance of what we called the "E7" emerging economies: the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, plus Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey. Here we update our economic growth...
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Labour markets in the BRICS (Brazil, the Russian Federation, India and China)
OECD, 2007, 35 p
One of the most important recent developments in the world economy is the increasing economic integration of large non-OECD countries, in particular Brazil, China, India and the Russian Federation the so-called BRICs. Already, the BRICs represent over one fourth of world GDP...
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China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society
World Bank, 2012, 468 p
China should complete its transition to a market economy -- through enterprise, land, labor, and financial sector reforms -- strengthen its private sector, open its markets to greater competition and innovation, and ensure equality of opportunity to help achieve its goal of a...
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