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Women's Retirement Age in Vietnam : Gender Equality and Sustainability of the Social Security Fund
World Bank - 2012
The issue of the retirement age is fundamentally linked to policies on social protection. It is an issue that … law in Vietnam, several options were presented for changing the retirement age of women. However, the National Assembly …'s retirement age in Vietnam to serve as a basis for further consultation and policy dialogue with the Government. …
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Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement?
World Bank - 2012
This edition of the Pension Reform Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among rich and poorer countries …, the reasons for people retiring early, the burden of early retirement on the pension system, recent policy initiatives to … between early retirement and incentives in the pension system, a result confirmed by other international studies and by more …
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Ukraine : The Social Sectors during Transition
1993
This report lays out a strategy for Ukraine to make the transition to a market economy in the social sectors, taking into account the widespread system of benefits and the high spending on education and health inherited from the former Soviet Union. A central part of this strategy is the need to...
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Argentina : Facing the Challenge of Ageing and Social Security
World Bank - 2012
This report, Argentina facing the challenge of ageing and social security, is structured in five parts that follow the introduction and summary of main findings. Part I presents a conceptual framework for decision makers charged with crafting policies for old age income security, and describes...
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Brazil : Critical Issues in Social Security
World Bank - 2013
Social security is the single most important fiscal issue facing the Brazilian government today. This report summarizes the state, and potential policy implications, of the Brazilian Social security system. It also discusses policy recommendations for: social security and pensions, the national...
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Transforming Indonesia's Teaching Force : From Pre-service Training to Retirement - Producing and Maintaining a High-quality, Efficient, and Motivated Workforce
World Bank - 2012
The report on the transforming Indonesia's teaching force is divided in two volumes. The executive summary is the first volume of a two-volume comprehensive report on teacher management in Indonesia. This volume summarizes the key findings of the detailed technical analysis in volume two, but...
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The impact of the industrial policies of developed countries on developing countries
1989 - 1. print
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Does inflation targeting matter for output growth? : evidence from industrial and emerging economies
Varella Mollick, Andre - 2008
"This paper examines the effects of inflation targeting on industrial and emerging economies' output growth over the "globalization years" of 1986-2004. Controlling for trade openness and two indicators of financial globalization, the authors find systematic positive and significant effects of...
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Estimating trade restrictiveness indices
Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2006
"The objective of this paper is to provide indicators of trade restrictiveness that include both measures of tariff and nontariff barriers for 91 developing and industrial countries. For each country, the authors estimate three trade restrictiveness indices. The first one summarizes the degree...
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Why have traffic fatalities declined in industrialized countries? : implications for pedestrians and vehicle occupants
Kopits, Elizabeth - 2005
"This paper examines whether the relationship between traffic fatalities and per capita income is the same for different classes of road users and investigates the factors underlying the decline in fatalities per vehicle kilometer traveled (VKT) observed in high-income countries over recent...
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