Children of the Americas
By Mirta Roses Periago
Child Development: A Priority for the IDB
By Santiago Levy
Our First Year of Life

This week, First Steps celebrates its first year of life. On the occasion of our first birthday, we’d like to share some reflections with you, our readers, in this post. In addition, we’d like to take the opportunity to announce an exciting schedule of guest posts that will be published throughout the week.
Financing Universal Social Security in Mexico
The proposal by Levy (2008) whereby a universal social insurance (USI) scheme is guaranteed to all workers, regardless of formality status, aims at abolishing the current contributory social insurance system and financing social insurance through value-added taxes instead (henceforth, the social security reform).
Bons motivos para dar mais abraços
Por Daniela Philipp




