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    How many struggle to get by in retirement?

    Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, 2007
    The dramatic decline in the official poverty rate of adults age 65 and older over the last four decades in the United States leads many to assume that reducing poverty among older adults need not be a Government priority. This general observation fails to recognise the deficiencies in the official measure of poverty in the United States.
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    Our money, our responsibility a citizens' guide to monitoring government expenditure

    International Budget Partnership, 2008
    The third in a series of guides covering financial budgeting and accountability, this paper offers an overview of government budget implementation processes and provides practical, tested tools that can be used by civil society organisations interested in monitoring government expenditures.
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    Population ageing and public pension reforms in a small open economy

    European Central Bank, 2008
    This paper addresses the issue of pension reforms under demographic changes that are likely to occur in Europe over the next 50 years. This demographic change is characterised not only by lower population growth but also by the alteration of the population structure, with a decline in the proportion of young people to retired workers.
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    Pension and social security schemes in Pakistan: some policy options

    Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan, 2008
    Currently in Pakistan the provision of regular pensions is limited to formal sector employees only. A number of social security schemes that are operational in the public and private sectors cover a small proportion of old-age population, whereas a significant proportion of the elderly population working in the informal sector remains largely unprotected by social security schemes.
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    Fiscal decentralisation and corruption. A brief overview of the issues

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006
    A frequently used argument for fiscal decentralisation is that it increases accountability in raising and spending public funds. At the same time, there are concerns that it may lead to decentralisation of corruption. This issue paper presents a review of available evidence on the relationship between fiscal decentralisation and corruption.
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    Poverty, growth and income distribution in Lebanon - country study

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
    This country study is a modified executive summary of the full report, which is the first to draw a comprehensive profile of poverty in Lebanon based on money-metric measurements of household expenditures. Its data source is a 2004/05 national Living Conditions and Household Budget Survey.
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    Argentina’s economic recovery policy choices and implications

    Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, 2007
    Argentina has recovered quickly from a record sovereign debt default and financial collapse in December 2001. The authors argue that this was due to a shift in government policy after IMF promoted austerity had led to large scale protests driving the previous government from office.
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    Forecasting bonds yields in the Brazilian fixed income market

    Banco Central do Brasil, 2007
    This paper assesses the ability of different models to forecast the yield curve in the Brazilian fixed income market. Affine term structure models have become the main tool to explain stylised facts and price fixed income derivatives. The authors compare such affine term structure models with a variation of the Nelson-Siegel exponential framework developed by Diebold and Li (2006).
  • Organisation

    University of Michigan Retirement Research Center (MRRC)

    The MRRC serves as a national resource fostering research, communication, and education related to  Social Security, pension and retirement related policies.
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    Department of Pensions, Sri Lanka

    Sri Lankan pension information web site, covering employees of the government, officers in state, provincial councils, and armed forces. Site includes member statistics.

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