Brazil must sever pension link

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BRAZIL - The link between the minimum pension and the minimum wage must be severed to prevent further rises in the deficit of the Brazilian social security regime for the private sector.

This is according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), who in its latest economic survey of Brazil called for further pension reform and outlined how this should be...

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