Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cajas paraestatales

English translation:

parastatal funds, semi-public funds

Added to glossary by Edier Quintana
Mar 11, 2021 15:24
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Spanish term

cajas paraestatales

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Economics
This is from a text about the Uruguayan social security system:
Todos los trabajadores, con excepción de las cajas paraestatales (Caja Notarial de Seguridad Social, Caja De Jubilaciones y Pensiones Bancaria y Caja de Profesionales Universitarios del Uruguay) y los Servicios públicos de retiro policial y militar, cotizan al BPS, independientemente de su nivel de ingreso.

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Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 parastatal funds, semi-public funds
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Mar 25, 2021 04:40: Edier Quintana Created KOG entry

Discussion

philgoddard Mar 11, 2021:
I think there's a mistake in the Spanish - they presumably mean "with the exception of those covered by".

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parastatal funds, semi-public funds

The adjectives "parastatal, semi-private, semi-official, semi-public" classify institutions that are not public, yet cooperate with the state administration in several common goals.

"Caja" may refer to cash register, cash-box and by extension, to the funds contained in such cash registers and cash-boxes.

Example sentence:

Moreover, in addition to the Zakat Chamber, there are semi-public funds for the most disadvantaged population groups, such as retirees or students, through the national social security and health insurance schemes or the programme for families in the prod

Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
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agree Muriel Vasconcellos
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agree neilmac : In Spain, a savings bank (Spanish: caja de ahorros or informally just caja)...
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Visit to Uruguay - Report of the Independent Expert on the ...https://www.ohchr.org › session42 › Documents
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:t3Fnqr...
The system is administered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. It consists of the Social Insurance Bank, three **parastatal funds**, and two retirement and ...



Report No. 9663-UR Uruguay Poverty Assessment: Public ...http://documents.worldbank.org › curated › text
Free medical care and education, and a generous social security system are traditions going back ... Retirement benefit and pension expenditures in Montevideo account for ... There was also significant real growth in the notary fund pensions, which ... between the average BPS pension and those from the parastatal funds.
BPS Banco de Previsión Social

49. During 1984-1989, the disparities among the average benefits of the various government retirement funds decreased somewhat. The average level of BPS benefits experienced a relative increase and those of the military and police funds were reduced. Despite this, there are still significant differences. In 1989, the average monthly pension from BPS was US$76, while the average pension from the military fund was US$183. The lower BPS average payment is partly explained by the lower level of the old-age pension, a program without funding and with relative easy access for people over 65. Other BPS fL/ The highest percentage increases for low-income pensioners were issued in April 1985 and April 1986 (decrees Nos. 137/985 and 139/986). In 1985, when the inflation adjustment was of the order of 66 percent, increases fluctuated between 33 percent for the highest pensions and 77 percent for the lowest
(142 percent for old-age pensions). In 1986, when the adjustment that was due was on the order of 108 percent, the differential increases varied between 30 percent and 120 percent an average increase of 85 percent. The legal basis for this policy of differential increases was highly debated at that time
and finally, in November 1989, Parliament enacted legislation on this subject, repealing the differential increases that had been granted earlier (Law 16,068 of October 4, 1989), thus, in fact, providing for retroactive adjustments for high pensions. Programs have higher averages. There were also large differences between the average BPS pension and those from the **parastatal funds.**




Economic Opportunities and Challenges - World Bank ...http://documents.worldbank.org › curated › pdf › 1...PDF
Title: Demographic change in Uruguay : economic opportunities and challenges. / edited by Rafael ... Social Security Savings Fund Administrators (Administradoras de ... reach 100 percent of the population), and decline around retirement age. ... pension system, the **parastatal funds**, other social protection programs in the.



The World Bank - OECD https://www.oecd.org/countries/uruguay/36497492.pdf
2006 — the definition and rating scale used for each evaluation criterion (more ... Tecnológico of Uruguay (LATU), a parastatal organization carrying out ...


https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/parastat...
used to describe a company or organization which is owned by a country's government and often has some political power:
The intention of the Government is for all parastatal companies to be privatized.

parastatal
(of an organization or industry, especially in some African countries) having some political authority and serving the state indirectly.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Luis M. Sosa : Pretty good job and refs. as usual. Would you use 'quasi' in this case?
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agree Muriel Vasconcellos
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agree Edier Quintana
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