studies have been carried out in the region that show deficiencies in pension and retirement benefit coverage that have a larger impact on women who receive roughly less than men on average marco cepal a in recent years time has become the subject of study as a measure of wellbeing the problem of poverty has been analysed from various unconventional perspectives and a vicious circle involving poverty and time spent on unpaid work has been revealed vacatrigo cepal a hence in order to achieve sustainable development it is important to consider this dimension when designing public policies as shown in figure iv poor women receiving transfers in both countries spend more hours per week on unpaid domestic and care work