of the 20 public and private Latin American pension systems. This would be a useful experiment of cooperation in a neutral area and of great importance for these agencies(which often have divergent positions) in their technical country studies, as well as in their comparative analyses of the region and also within countries. 2. Establishing Social Dialogue This monograph has documented how reforms—regardless of their nature— have often not been preceded by a broad, open, and transparent social dialogue, with the participation of all sectors involved. To this end, the govern­ment should appoint an independent commission of experts with tripartite representation(workers, employers, and government), as well as scholars, retirees, pensioners, and other relevant groups, so that it develops a diagno­sis used as the basis for recommendations on the type of reform needed and its basic guidelines, which should be incorporated into the reform bill. This commission would have access to all documents and statistics prepared by ministries and autonomous agencies and would be financed by the national budget. Some models for such commission are that of Costa Rica, created in 1998 for the structural reform, and that of Chile created for the 2008 re-re­form and the frustrated attempt at a second re-reform in 2015. The partic­ipation of some prestigious international experts has been positive, either as commission members or to hold meetings to discuss its diagnosis and recommendations. The commission should conduct opinion polls and hold meetings with employers’ and workers’ federations in order to obtain inputs that are important to its work. It should also request an internal study of the cost of the proposed reforms, as well as an ex-post actuarial valuation simulating the results and costs of alternative proposals and their long­term sustainability. All the commission documents must be made public for citizen transparency and discussion purposes. This procedure would not only enrich the reform but would also confer legitimacy to it. Approval by a referendum or plebiscite of all proposed reforms should be considered(as done in Uruguay). 209