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Shielding the Poor presents a group of studies on social protection in the developing world from leading researchers. These studies address the issue of vulnerability of the poor to adverse shocks and propose policies to increase their protection and coping capacity. The studies emphasize the...
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Shielding the Poor presents a group of studies on social protection in the developing world from leading researchers. These studies address the issue of vulnerability of the poor to adverse shocks and propose policies to increase their protection and coping capacity. The studies emphasize the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772355
only in the lack of coverage, but also in the low level of benefits, even of contributory pensions. It argues that to … minoría de los trabajadores de la región ahorra para su pensión en los sistemas contributivos a través de impuestos a la … la que estos cotizan para su pensión, y para los montos de las pensiones. Señala así que el problema no solo reside en la …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943355
only in the lack of coverage, but also in the low level of benefits, even of contributory pensions. It argues that to … minoría de los trabajadores de la región ahorra para su pensión en los sistemas contributivos a través de impuestos a la … la que estos cotizan para su pensión, y para los montos de las pensiones. Señala así que el problema no solo reside en la …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895443
This report moves beyond the conventional scope of economics to examine three entrenched structural factors -demography, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social development. Historical in nature and slow to evolve, these variables are not always in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943589
This report moves beyond the conventional scope of economics to examine three entrenched structural factors -demography, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social development. Historical in nature and slow to evolve, these variables are not always in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895492
In 1995, the government of Uruguay undertook a first pillar-based reform of the pension system, as opposed to the … second pillar-based Chilean-style reform. The paper's first section describes Uruguay's pension system prior to reform. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352035
In 1995, the government of Uruguay undertook a first pillar-based reform of the pension system, as opposed to the … second pillar-based Chilean-style reform. The paper's first section describes Uruguay's pension system prior to reform. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653409
contribution pensions of consumers' inability to make rational choices; (ii) describes how jurisdictions have tried to address … around the world, this book provides access to new thinking on mandatory defined contribution pension systems and it makes an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943456
This technical note discusses the civil servant pension system in Brazil over the past two decades. Since 1998 the … Brazilian government has been implementing reforms to increase the financial sustainability of its pension schemes - seeking to … contain pension deficits without hurting acquired rights. Reforms to the civil servant pension system are expected to cut the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357888