Pensions
- Korea must confront the ageing of its popuation while it is still in the midst of modernisation
- N. Howe; R. Jackson; K. Nakashima / Global Aging Initiative Program, 2007
- With life expectancy rising and birthrates plumbing record lows, Korea is about to undergo a stunning demographic transformation. According to the latest government projections, 38 percent of Korea’s population will be elderly by...
- Reforms are vital for future Ugandan Government pension liabilities
- T. Bogomolova; G. Impavido; M. Pallares-Miralles / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
- This paper analyses the future liabilities that the Ugandan Public Service Pensions Fund (PSPF) might accumulate under the provisions of the Pension Act (CAP 286), unless it is reformed. It then discusses alternative reform options th...
- Many widows in Rajasthan are living outside the social safety net
- S. Dutta / International Budget Partnership, 2007
- This study of Rajasthan argues that rural women in Rajasthan constitute the most deprived, downtrodden, illiterate, neglected and the weakest group of the population. It asks the question that if this is the condition of women in gene...
- South African plans to complete and coordinate a social protection system
- National Treasury, Government of South Africa, 2007
- South Africa’s social security reform challenge is unusual in several respects. A redistributive social assistance programme is in place and there are well-established occupational and individual retirement funding schemes, but S...
- Asian countries still lack comprehensive policy frameworks to address aged populations
- P. S. Heller / International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006
- Many Asian countries will experience a significant ageing of their populations during the next decades. This paper explores how these countries are addressing and anticipating the challenges of an ageing society. It suggests that Asia...
- Formalising the pension system in Turkey whilst still protecting pension rights
- A-M. Brook; E. Whitehouse / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2006
- Recent social security reform in Turkey has significantly improved the long-term sustainability of its pension system. This working paper discusses a number of further reforms that would better address old-age poverty concerns at all ...
- Social pensions - a win-win policy option
- HelpAge International, 2006
- The provision of social pensions - state provided non-contributory regular cash transfers to older citizens, given at specific ages, is increasingly being seen as a win-win policy, reducing the poverty of older people and their depend...
- Non-contributory pensions can help provide effective poverty policy responses
- A. Barrientos / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
- The paper reviews the contribution that new survey evidence for developing countries is making to an improved understanding of incidence and characteristics of old age poverty and of the role of non-contributory pensions in providing ...
- How has the Chilean pension system improved since its reform?
- A. Arenas de Mesa; D. Bravo; J. R. Behrman; O. S. Mitchell; P. E. Todd / Pension Research Council, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
- In 1980, Chile dramatically reformed its retirement system, replacing what was an old insolvent PAYGO programme with a new structure (AFP System) that relies heavily on funded defined contribution individual accounts. In addition, eli...
- A gender impact analysis of pension schemes
- S. Steinhilber / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005
- This paper critically analyses the gender dimensions of pension schemes, drawing detailed examples from pension reform schemes in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. The paper provides the analysis along two axes: structures regu...
- There is no pension crisis, so can the UK afford to grow old after all?
- Tomorrow's Company, 2005
- This study examines some of the issues raised in the First Report of the UK's Independent Pensions Commission and challenges the assumptions that have created a sense of panic. The authors argue that: terms appli...
- Swedish success in pension reforms may provide lessons for other countries
- R. Holzmann; E. Palmer / Pensions Online, World Bank, 2006
- The need to address the demographic and economic reform pressures while avoiding creating additional burdens for future workers has generated international interest in a new genre of pension systems, non-financial or notional defined ...
- Swaziland's welfare policies on the elderly need reforming
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005
- This study investigates the vulnerability of the elderly in Swaziland and highlights the extent to which selected programmes respond to the needs of the elderly. The findings of the research reveal that: in the a...
- The unavoidable long-term trade-off of public expenditure versus state pension age in the UK
- Pensions Commission, 2005
- The Second Report of the UK Pensions Commission sets out the its conclusions on the likely evolution of the UK pension system if policy is unchanged, and its recommendations for a new policy direction. The Commission has conclu...
- Examining varying policy on pensionable age in OECD countries
- J. Turner / American Association of Retired Persons International Section, 2005
- This Issue Paper examines the pensionable or early retirement age policy of social security programs in 23 countries over the years 1949-2035. This paper considers as a group 23 high-income Organization for Economic Cooperation and De...
- Demographic changes threaten economic hardship in Mexico
- R. Jackson / Global Aging Initiative Program, 2005
- United Nations' figures project that in 2050 one in five Mexicans will be aged over 65 and there will be equal numbers of children and elderly. This report argues that therefore Mexico must improve the skills of its workforce, raise l...
- The implications for financial markets and economic policies of pension system reform
- I. Visco / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005
- This paper examines the implications for financial markets and economic policies of pension system reform in the context of ageing populations in the G10 countries. The principal conclusions and recommendations are as follows: ...
- Reforming Indonesia's Pension System
- Chad Leechor / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- Key options for reforming Indonesia's pension system: reshape the mandatory defined contribution plan (Jamsostek), make employer sponsored pensions more attractive and affordable, and contain the fiscal burden of civil service plans (...
- Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Ageing Society (LEPAS)
- The EU member countries will be increasingly populated by older people. Nearly 25 percent of people in the European Union in 2030 can be above age 65, up from about 17 percent in 2005. Europe's old-age dependency ratio (the number of people age 65 and older compared with the number of working-age people ages 15-64) could more than double by 2050, from one in every four to fewer than one in every t...
- India Post
- Indian Government department running postal services, part of Department of Post, Ministry of Communications & IT.
- BBVA Research (BBVA)
- Research wing of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, a multinational banking and financial services organisation. Originally Spanish, it has a major presence in Latin America. Research outputs cover: Macroeconomic Analysis Sectorial Analysis Global Trends Pensions
- Global Extension of Social Security
- GESS is a global knowledge sharing platform on the extension of social security and aims to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, capture and document experiences, identify knowledge gaps, create new knowledge and promote innovation. To achieve this goal, GESS relies on the contributions of its users and the dialogue and exchange between them. This platform, developed and r...
- Retirement Security Project, Brookings
- The Retirement Security Project is dedicated to promoting solutions to improve the retirement income prospects of millions of American workers. Nearly half of all workers do not have access to an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan, those that do often fail to participate. To address these trends, RSP proposes research-based policies aimed at helping middle- and low-income Americans prepare...
- PensionReforms
- Online resource centre covering pensions issues. Site contains collections of papers searchable by country, topic, author(s), institution producing the publication, year published. Site is run by Retirement Policy and Research Centre, School of Business at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- Retirement Policy and Research Centre (RPRC)
- New Zealand's ageing population poses many economic challenges. The RPRC is an academically focused centre specialising in the economic issues of demographic change. The RPRC's sphere of interest includes public provision of retirement income (New Zealand superannuation) and the accumulation and decumulation phases of retirement saving. International debate is facilitated through pensionreforms, a...
- Population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS
- The population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS project was funded by the ESRC and ran from August 2005 until November 2006. Hosted at University of Sheffield. Website includes briefing notes: Project Outline Briefing Note 1 Methodology Briefing Note 1a Elderly Headed Households Profile Briefing Note 2...
- Kwa Wazee
- Organisation working with the elderly to promote pension programmes in Tanzania. Kwa Wazee, which started in November 2003 with a very small number of beneficiaries, has since aradually extended to over 300 grandmothers, who were caring for over 400 orphans by the end of 2005. Feedback from the elderly beneficiaries, as well as by observers in their neighbourhoods, shows that even the m...
- African Econometric Society (AES)
- The African Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics. Members of the society are associated with academic instutions, and the private and public sectors who share the goal of advancing econometric research, especially but not limited to African themes.
