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Mexico; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: The Pension Annuity Market
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper presents a technical note on Mexico’s Financial Sector Assessment Program update. The Mexican experience displays interesting characteristics that provide lessons for other countries that still need to design the decumulation phase of their newly established second pillars. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244170
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Austria; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
-skilled workers and women. The IMF report highlights that social security contributions and payroll taxes amount to almost 50 percent … of gross monthly wages. It analyzes that a comparatively high share of Austria’s family benefits is monetary rather … contributions and/or payroll taxes, and reducing the entry income tax rate. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245579
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Northern Star; Canada's Path to Economic Prosperity
Klyuev, Vladimir; Mühleisen, Martin; Bayoumi, Tamim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Robust GDP growth, declining unemployment, low and stable inflation, and a string of fiscal and current account surpluses -- it's a record to be envied. These outcomes in Canada owe much to sound macroeconomic policies, as well as to a favorable external environment. This book focuses on these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245903
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Financial Sustainability and Reform Options for the Albanian Pension Fund
Treichel, Volker - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper studies the financial sustainability of the Albanian pension fund and assesses possible options for its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264178
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Economic Growth and Integration in Central America
Schipke, Alfred; Desruelle, Dominique - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
performance and the macroeconomic implications of remittances. It then looks at the sustainability of pension systems, financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590924
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Chile; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper on Chile assesses the long-term outlook of Chile’s private pension system. The paper provides an overview of Chile’s recent experience with public–private partnerships (PPPs), focusing on the design of its institutional framework. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591527
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Cyprus; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix analyzes labor market institutions and reforms for Cyprus. The paper describes the legal and institutional framework of the Cypriot labor market, and discusses the voluntary framework for negotiations, the degree of unionization and the system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005598850
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Republic of Belarus; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This Selected Issues paper reviews developments during 2001–02 in the Belarusian pension system, and discusses potential short- and medium-term reforms needed to put pension system finances on a sustainable path. The paper presents a short overview of demographic trends and developments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005598852
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Aid Scaling Up; Do Wage Bill Ceilings Stand in the Way?
Fedelino, Annalisa; Schwartz, Gerd; Verhoeven, Marijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper assesses whether the scaling up of aid and the resulting increase in government spending that is needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) would be hampered by wage bill ceilings that are often part of government programs supported by the IMF's Poverty Reduction and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604920
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Tax, Welfare, and Pension Reforms in Slovenia; Implications for Work Incentives and Labor Participation
Egoumé-Bossogo, Philippe; Tuladhar, Anita - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
), particularly for the low-income and older individuals. Using simulations of tax and social benefits and public pensions, the paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605130