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    Civil Service and Military Pension Reforms in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

    2011
    The 2008 Global Crisis and demographic trends in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore has increased the urgency of reforming their pension systems for enhancing financial, fiscal, and economic sustainability over a long period, and mitigating possible adverse economic impacts.
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    Simulations of long-term returns and replacement rates in the Colombian pension system

    BBVA Research, 2010
    This study is a theoretical exercise for Colombia that aims to simulate a variety of scenarios under a hypothetical scheme similar to the pension multi-funds currently in operation in Chile, Mexico and Peru.
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    The Demographic Dividend: Evidence from the Indian States

    International Monetary Fund, 2011
    Large cohorts of young adults are poised to add to the working-age population of developing economies. Despite much interest in the consequent growth dividend, the size and circumstances of the potential gains remain under-explored. This study focuses on India, which will be the largest individual contributor to the global demographic transition ahead.
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    Global Pension Systems and Their Reform Worldwide Drivers, Trends, and Challenges

    Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2012
    Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by shifting objectives, moving reform needs, and a changing enabling environment. The ongoing worldwide financial crisis and the adjustment to an uncertain “new normal” will make future pension systems different from past ones.
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    A global view on demographic pressure and labour market participation

    Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2011
    Demographic change across the globe puts pressure on labour markets and public finances. Most studies on ageing focus on the projected development of the old age dependency ratio - the ratio of persons 65 or older relative to the working age population. This ratio gives an incomplete picture of fiscal pressure from demographic changes.
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    Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe

    Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and Related Disciplines (STICERD), LSE, 2011
    Spurred by the ageing transition, many governments have made wide-ranging reforms, dramatically changing Europe‟s pensions landscape. Nevertheless there remain concerns about future costs, while unease about adequacy is growing. This study develops a comprehensive framework to assess pension system sustainability.
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    Bargaining with grandma: the impact of the South African pension on household decision making

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2011
    The expansion of the South African old age pension is interesting to economists firstly because extent to which this money effectively increases the well-being of those who receive it is an important question for a policymaking, but also as the pension is distributed on an individual, not household, level and is given to both men and women.
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    Pensions at a glance

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2012
    In addition to giving insights on the sustainability of public pensions and the pressures they face with the mounting demographic issues, Pensions at a Glance – Asia/Pacific Edition 2011 aims to enhance interaction between OECD member countries and non-member Asia/Pacific countries and economies.
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    Demographic transition and the regulatory shortcomings of Brazil’s social security

    National Association of Postgraduate Centers in Economics, Brazil, 2011
    In two decades Brazil has built a comprehensive welfare state, but it is very costly  and ill prepared to face the ageing of the Brazilian population - by 2050 Brazilians 65 or older will represent 23% of total population, while the workforce will be shrinking.
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    Why does population aging matter so much for Asia? Population aging, economic growth, and economic security in Asia

    Asian Development Bank, 2011
    Asia faces the challenge of population ageing. Youthful populations that contributed substantially to growth in the past are maturing and countries that currently have relatively youthful populations will also experience substantial graying in the years to come. Asia’s demographic transition poses two huge challenges:

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