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Pension reform in the Baltics : issues and prospects
Schiff, Jerald (contributor) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004664415
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The Challenge of Public Pension Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies
International Monetary Fund - 2011
address future pension spending pressures in the advanced and emerging economies. These reforms-mainly increasing retirement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410239
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Towards an Inclusive, Equitable and Sustainable National Pension System in Iraq
International Monetary Fund - 2024
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058669
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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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Thailand Financial Sector Assessment Program : Funded Pension System
World Bank Group - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646631
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Aging, Savings, and Pensions in the Group of Seven Countries: 1980-2025
International Monetary Fund - 1989
In the next 30-40 years, past changes in fertility and mortality will lead to a significant increase in the share of the elderly. This study suggests that these demographic trends may lead to a decline in the G-7 private savings rate after 2000, compounding the impact of social expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396157
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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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Netherlands; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1996
This Selected Issues paper examines the long-term issues with pension expenditures in the Netherlands. The paper highlights that the public pension for a single person is equal to 70 percent of the (statutory) minimum wage. The minimum wage and public pensions thus move in lock-step; they are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252658
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The impact of the industrial policies of developed countries on developing countries
1989 - 1. print
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000785501
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Reassessing the Role and Modalities of Fiscal Policy in Advanced Economies
International Monetary Fund - 2013
This paper investigates how developments during and after the 2008-09 crisis have changed economists' and policymakers' views on: (i) fiscal risks and fiscal sustainability; (ii) the effectiveness of fiscal policy as a countercyclical tool; (iii) the appropriate design of fiscal adjustment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409989