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Pension systems for the informal sector in Asia
Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2009The 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.DocumentSocial security reforms in Colombia: striking demographic and fiscal balances
International Monetary Fund, 2009Colombia 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.DocumentDevelopment cooperation for social safety nets in East and Southeast Asia
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2009Countries 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.DocumentPension reform in Southeastern Europe: linking to labor and financial market reforms
World Bank, 2009The papers and country statements in this volume are revised and updated versions of papers prepared for the conference “International Forum on Pension Reform: Exploring the Link to Labor and Financial Market Reforms,” held in Bled, Slovenia, June 2007.This volume has three main parts:DocumentChina's long march to retirement reform: the graying of the Middle Kingdom revisited
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2009China’s working-age population will shrink as its elderly population explodes. Unless China prepares for the challenge, a retirement crisis of immense proportions looms just over the horizon.DocumentPension schemes for the self-employed in OECD countries
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009The self-employed workers make up a small but significant minority of the workforce in many OECD countries. Moreover, transitions into and out of self-employment have become much more common for a larger group of workers. It is therefore of critical importance to review and assess the pension schemes available to self-employed workers across OECD countries.DocumentHow to make European pensions adequate and sustainable?
Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, 2009While social policy continues to be very much under the control of the individual member states, the EU dimension is increasingly important. Some regulation of pension investment is provided under the common market principle. Also, some aspects of the portability of pension rights are dealt with at the EU level.DocumentDevelopment cooperation for social safety nets in East and Southeast Asia
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2009Although East and Southeast Asia countries are commonly considered to be success stories in growth, they have yet to eradiate poverty and vulnerability. These problems have been exacerbated by the twin processes of globalisation and demographic transition, both of which have had negative social effects.DocumentPension reform in Chile revisited: what has been learned?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009This paper describes Chile’s pension reform of 1980, which replaced the existing pay-as-you-go public pension programmes by a new funded pension programme managed by private companies (the “AFPs”). It comments on the main results of this reform so far, and identifies the current challenges faced by the country’s pension system.