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Demographic changes and social security: Challenges and opportunities Julien Damon (associate Professor, Paris, Sciences Po) 01.12.2010. Cape Town ,. A synthesis of the ISSA’s work on demographic challenges. Identifying seven major demographic changes. Ageing Changes in family structures
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Demographic changes and social security: Challenges and opportunities Julien Damon (associate Professor, Paris, Sciences Po)01.12.2010. Cape Town,
Identifying seven major demographic changes • Ageing • Changes in family structures • Changes in the labour market • Urbanization • Life-cycle desynchronization • Migration • Changes in social structure
Ageing around the world as the central challengePercent of population age 65 or older Source : UN, PRB
Converging trends in family structuresNumber of children per woman Source : UN
Wide-reaching transformations in the labour marketPositive correlation - fertility and working women (OECD) Source : OECD
Urbanisation of populations and lifestylesPercent of population living in urban areas Source : UN, PRB
The unequal desynchronisation of life cyclesLife expectancy at birth, in years Source : UN, PRB
Migrations to come and movements to followOrigin and destination of international migrants Source : UNDP
The global evolution of social structuresReduction in extreme poverty (percentage) Source : MDG
Still a World of Differences…Sewerage sanitation Source : worldmapper.com
Conclusion • The demographic challenges and crisis as opportunities • Yet more challenges… • Dynamic social security as a decisive actor for change