Spain: Selected Background Issues
Summary:
This Selected Background Issues paper examines different aspects of the social security system in Spain. The paper describes the role of this system in the process of consolidating the government finances in the short- and medium-term, and to present possible measures to address the policy challenges of the longer term. An analysis of the finances of the social security system is presented. The paper provides a description of the main features of the pension system and projections of its financial situation in the long term.
Series:
Country Report No. 1995/039
Subject:
Expenditure Health care spending Inflation Labor Labor markets Pension spending Pensions Prices
Notes:
This report on selected background issues in Spain was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.
English
Publication Date:
May 16, 1995
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451811988/1934-7685
Stock No:
1ESPEA0011995
Pages:
119
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