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Switzerland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper attempts to quantify the impact of the demographic shift on growth and public finances in Switzerland. It examines the intertemporal consistency between current policy plans and unfunded liabilities, focusing primarily on social security, and explores policy options....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005598861
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Luxembourg; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
income support, including for unemployment benefits, the minimum guaranteed income, and pensions. Rapid social spending … the financial basis for the welfare system. Social expenditures in per capita terms, even adjusted for the large number of … growth has funded substantial increases in unemployment and family benefits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244141
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Social Security, Demographic Trends, and the Federal Budget
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper considers the implications of the prospective aging of the U.S. population for the social security system and concludes that the large and growing cashflow surpluses of the social security trust funds should be saved to help insulate living stands against this change. A number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396207
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Bulgaria: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper reviews recent developments in growth and employment in Bulgaria and highlights key constraints to growth suggested by cross-country competitiveness studies. Bulgaria’s GDP has grown substantially since economic and financial stabilization in 1997. The global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245618
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United Kingdom; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper of the United Kingdom analyzes the official projections of public pension spending and risks, as well as the strategy to increase private pension provision. It provides a comparison of stylized facts regarding business cycle developments in the three economies, and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825234
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Republic of Korea; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This Selected Issues paper highlights that the authorities in the Republic of Korea recognize the pension policy challenges ahead, and a first wave of reforms has already been launched. Despite the reforms to date, much remains to be done. Without further reforms, the public pension systems in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768475
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Soft Budget Constraints, Firm Commitments and the Social Safety Net
International Monetary Fund - 1991
It is shown that the inefficiencies created by the “soft” budget constraint, enjoyed by enterprises in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, will continue so long as governments are unable credibly to threaten not to bail out loss-makers. Commitment to a “hard” budget constraint can best be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396100
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Georgia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
The Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Program (EDPRP) was developed with the active participation and support of society, executive authorities, nongovernment organizations, academia, businessmen, and donors. The study additionally provides coordinated mechanisms for bilateral and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825520
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Russian Federation; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper for the Russian Federation discusses existing empirical efforts to measure the determinants of cross-country financial integration. Empirical studies that have adopted the gravity-model framework have found that it is generally successful in explaining bilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245351
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Netherlands; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1996
and public pensions thus move in lock-step; they are both by law indexed to contract wages in the private sector. This … paper examines the structural policies of the Netherlands. Real wages and employment growth are also analyzed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252658