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Demographic Transition : Lessons from Bangladesh's Success Story

World Bank Group - 2020

Bangladesh has been a star performer on fertility reduction, reducing its TFR from 6.7 in 1960 to 2.1 in 2017 (i.e. the … replacement level of fertility). As a comparison, SSA countries reduced TFR by as little as 2 births per woman, on average … Africa, could learn from Bangladesh's experience. In particular, Bangladesh's fertility declines between 1975 and 1990, when …

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Tackling the Demographic Challenge in Uganda

World Bank Group - 2020

's fertility levels. The population projections under the medium and low-fertility variants for the period 2020-2060 are presented …

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Subnational Civil Servant Pension Schemes in Brazil : Context, History, and Lessons of Reform

World Bank Group - 2022

Brazil's pension system takes up an oversized proportion of its social protection spending. It comprises of Regime Geral de Previdencia Social (RGPS), covering private sector workers, and over two thousand Regimes Proprios de Previdencia Social (RPPS), insuring public civil servants at federal...

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Thailand Financial Sector Assessment Program : Funded Pension System

World Bank Group - 2019

While Thailand's pension system is typically described as a multipillar pension scheme, its design is highly fragmented and offers adequate coverage only to a small segment of the population, including civil servants and high-income individuals. In its 2018 Article IV report, the IMF highlighted...

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Pension System plus Climate Risk : Measurement plus Mitigation

World Bank Group - 2020

This report focuses on pension system greening and aims to provide data-driven recommendations to orient climate-aligned investment practices. In order to undertake a holistic analysis, this report consists of the following sections: a literature review outlining the need to green the global...

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Arab Pension Systems : Trends, Challenges and Options for Reforms

Arab Monetary Fund - 2017

This report provides an overview of current pension challenges and opportunities formembers of the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)1. There is an urgent need to address pensionissues in the region to address fiscal, macroeconomic, sustainability, equity and welfarechallenges. The report sets out...

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Options for Reforming Early Retirement System for Special and Hazardous Occupations in Montenegro

World Bank Group - 2017

The report is structured as follows. In the first section, authors refer to the demographic and labor market context in Montenegro, which indicate the risks and challenges ahead of the pension system in Montenegro. We also discuss some of the myths that are related to the perception of older...

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West Bank and Gaza Public Expenditure Review - The Palestinian Pension System : A Roadmap for an Unfinished Reform

World Bank Group - 2023

This work builds on the Public Expenditure Review (PER) analysis of the pension system conducted in 2016 but also brings important innovations. It updates the financial analysis conducted then and offers new policy recommendations, with the key objective of improving the affordability of the...

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VietnamViet Nam : Thich Ung voi xa Hoi Gia Hoa; Adapting to an Aging Society

World Bank Group - 2021

Vietnam is a young country on the cusp of a dramatic aging of the population that is taking place at a faster pace and at an earlier level of development than most other countries in the world. Though Vietnam's favorable demographic window of opportunity is still open, this report argues it...

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Mongolia Economic Update : Navigating Stronger Headwinds - Fiscal Sustainability of the Mongolian Pension Scheme

World Bank Group - 2022

The report provides recent macroeconomic developments, outlook, and risks that Mongolia faces. The timing of the release of this report is ideal considering that, the Mongolian economy, which was recovering from the COVID-19 on the back of a successful vaccination program and income support,...

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