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Urban and Rural Household Savings in China
International Monetary Fund - 1988
Household savings behavior in China during the past 30 years has been studied by using econometric models with the time …
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The Challenge of Public Pension Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies
International Monetary Fund - 2011
This paper reviews past trends in public pension spending and provides projections for 27 advanced and 25 emerging economies over 2011-2050. In constructing these projections, the paper incorporates the impact of recent pension reforms and highlights the key assumptions underlying these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410239
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Thailand Financial Sector Assessment Program : Funded Pension System
World Bank Group - 2019
savings for retirement. This note also addresses the challenges of the private, funded system and proposes policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646631
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Japan's Household Savings Rate : An Application of the Life-Cycle Hypothesis
International Monetary Fund - 1987
This paper develops and tests a model of Japan’s household savings rate, based on the life-cycle hypothesis that the … primary motive for savings is provision for retirement. The paper shows that Japan’s high household savings rate in recent … improvements in public pension benefits and the aging of the population. It projects that the savings rate will decline …
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Pension Reform in the Baltics, Russia, and Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union (BRO)
International Monetary Fund - 1998
Despite their increasing fiscal burden, the public pension systems of BRO countries are failing to provide adequate social protection. Although there is a broad consensus about the need for pension reforms, BRO countries are debating whether to embark on systemic reforms or whether to correct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401886
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Greece : Selected Issue—An Overview of Pension Reform
International Monetary Fund - 2002
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406333
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Pension Reform in Belgium
International Monetary Fund - 1996
This paper reviews the financial implications of aging for the pension system in Belgium during 1995-2050. Our simulations indicate a strong rise in pension expenditure over the next half century, as is the case in other industrialized countries. In Belgium, the problem is particularly acute in...
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Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Republic of Poland - Competition and Performance in the Polish Second Pillar
International Monetary Fund - 2013
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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Colombia; 2002 Article IV Consultation and Request for Stand-By Arrangement—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Dis...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This paper examines Colombia’s 2002 Article IV Consultation and Request for Stand-By Arrangement. The economic situation worsened in the first half of 2002. Economic activity has remained sluggish, and the fiscal consolidation has gone off-track. Exacerbated by increased contagion from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824881
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Republic of Korea; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Directo...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Republic of Korea is enjoying its longest uninterrupted period of economic expansion since the Asian crisis. Growth reached 5 percent in 2006, buoyed by strong exports, and is only expected to slow marginally to 4¾ percent this year. The...
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