Ageing populations

Pensions in crisis: Europe and Central Asia regional policy note

The financial crisis has major implications for pension systems. If looked at in tandem with predictions of a rapid demographic transition leading to more aged populations, it means that countries need to make sure that whatever actions they take now do not lead to bigger financial burdens in the future. This report looks at the implications for pension systems in Europe and Central Asia.

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Response to "Targeting Social Cash Transfers" comment: ( C. Gorical / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme , 2009); Responding to the paper Targeting Social Cash Transfers comment, (on the process of defining target groups and designing the targeting mechanism for the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme), the author...
Ageing might not have much effect on economic growth if private and public sectors adjust to newly emerging societal structures: ( D.E. Bloom;D. Canning;G. Fink / Harvard School of Public Health , 2010); This article examines the nature and magnitude of population forecasts and reviews evidence on the effects of population ageing on national economic performance. Although population ageing is certa...
How eligibility rules affect access to pensions In Latin America: ( A. Forteza;I. Apella;E. Fajnzylber / Social Protection and Labour, World Bank , 2010); This paper proposes alternative methods to project pension rights and implement these methods in Chile, Uruguay and Argentina. The paper indicates that the histories of contribution required to access...
How increasing old-age pension provision impacts on retirement decisions in a poor country: ( A.M. Danzer / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2010); Although a number of emerging countries have successfully introduced non-contributory pensions with broad coverage, very little is known about the labour market and retirement effects of pension syste...
How to build more a sustainable more sustainable pension for future generations: ( D.C. John;R. Levine / Retirement Security Project, Brookings , 2010); Americans today face precarious retirement prospects that have only been made worse by the recession that began in 2007. The US social security system will only be solvent until 2019, after which it w...
American Indian elders are on the crest of a chronic disease epidemic: ( D.E. Satter;S.P. Wallace / Health Disparities Program, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research , 2010); The elderly population (age 55 and older) among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) is projected to increase from 5.5% of the total U.S. AIAN population in 1990 to 12.6% in 2050. Many are faili...
How the Indian pension system falls behind the OECD benchmark: ( R.K. Jha;S. Bhattacharyya / Munich Personal RePEc Archive , 2010); In India the lack of a wide social security net has serious implications for well-being of aged, poor people who are unable to meet their old age needs. India’s workforce is largely based in uno...
How to create a multi-pillar pension system in Peru: ( J. Olivera / Society for the Study of Economic Inequality , 2010); Peru created the Private Pension system (SPP) in 1993, without dismantling its old defined benefit system (the National Pension System, SNP). However, members of the SPP (those who previously be...