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productivity growth. While these reforms are needed, private pensions can also play a role inimproving retirement income for … savings for retirement. This note also addresses the challenges of the private, funded system and proposes policy … recommendations for increasing coverage, improving efficiency, and delivering sustainable retirement income in the payout phase. This …
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increasing the mandatory retirement age is discussed. We also calculate rates of return on the participation in the Belgian …
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This 2012 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic growth in Luxembourg slowed in 2011 amid the euro area sovereign debt crisis. Reflecting sluggish external demand, economic activity is expected to further weaken, with growth projected to decline to ½ percent in 2012. Executive...
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, to raise output and employment significantly while reducing the price level. Additional pension reforms could further … increase employment, boost economic growth, and improve public finances, as could improved expenditure efficiency, thereby …
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rising employment and increasing reports of labor shortages and wage drift indicate intensifying pressures. …
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the fiscal consequences of aging will require increasing the retirement age to 65 years, followed by further increases to …
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In March 1999, Poland implemented a systemic pension reform that involved the introduction of a multi-pillar pension system to replace the defined benefit (DB), pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system that had been operating since 1949. This technical note on the pension sector was elaborated as part of the...
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A pension system is at the heart of social protection. By ensuring income security for older persons and other vulnerable groups, it prevents poverty, reduces inequality, and facilitates consumption smoothing. A pension system also affects the working population's labor market choices and has...
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This Selected Issue paper provides an overview of the public pension system in Greece, and of prospective pension-related spending pressures. The paper reviews the structure of Greece’s pension system and compares some basic parameters of the Greek pension system with those of other European...
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address future pension spending pressures in the advanced and emerging economies. These reforms-mainly increasing retirement …
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