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    Pension systems for the informal sector in Asia

    Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2009
    The unprecedented speed at which Asian populations are ageing requires a rapid forward looking response from governments in the region to provide protection against the risk of poverty in old age.
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    Improving food security in Arab countries

    World Bank Publications, 2009
    Arab countries are more exposed than other countries to severe swings in agricultural commodity prices due to the high level of food imports, especially cereals, and continued population growth and urbanisation. Countries need to act urgently to improve food security.
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    Taking the long view

    Pensions Institute, 2009
    Governments are among the few agencies that can help the private sector hedge against the increasing problem of aggregate longevity risk. The authors of this paper urge governments to issue longevity bonds as soon as possible.
  • Organisation

    PensionReforms

    Online resource centre covering pensions issues.  Site contains collections of  papers searchable by country, topic, author(s), institution producing the publication, year published.
  • Organisation

    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.
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    DC - reality bites: the impact of the financial crisis on DC pension provision

    Towers Watson, 2009
    The current financial crisis has been a wake-up call for employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.
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    Social security reforms in Colombia: striking demographic and fiscal balances

    International Monetary Fund, 2009
    Colombia established pension benefits in 1967, through the creation of the public Pay-as-You-Go System (PAYGO). However, this system quickly dissolved into a crisis as a result of low participation rates.
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    Private pensions and policy responses to the financial and economic crisis

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
    The current financial crisis has had a major impact on global pension assets, with the OECD estimating declines of over 20% at the end of 2008. This is putting pressure on funding levels for defined benefit pension plans, and has served a severe blow to members of defined contribution (DC) plans close to retirement, denting confidence in many DC systems.
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    Development cooperation for social safety nets in East and Southeast Asia

    Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2009
    Countries in East and Southeast Asia are currently undergoing unprecedented double shocks: globalisation and demographic transition. This paper attempts to highlight the nature and magnitude of the impact of these shocks, and discuss policy needs, challenges, and issues in the provision of social safety nets in the region.
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    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.

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