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Issues and Options in the Pay-out Phase in Defined Contribution Pension Schemes
Asher, Mukul - eSocialSciences - 2006
pros and cons of lump sum, a phased withdrawal, and annuities as options during the payout phase. It emphasizes that for … small accumulations, a phased withdrawal may be a better option than annuities. There is a need to research on designing … annuities which permit differing risk sharing arrangements among insurance companies, the annuity buyers, and government. Need …
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Insurance and Investment within Family Networks
Angelucci, Manuela; Giorgi, Giacomo de; Rasul, Imran; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
In this paper family networks affecting informal insurance and investment is being studied. Panel data from the randomized evaluation of PROGRESA in rural Mexico and the information on surnames of household heads and their spouses to identify extended families have been used. Members of an...
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Matching for Credit: Risk and Diversification in Thai Microcredit Groups
Ahlin, Christian - eSocialSciences - 2010
How has the microcredit movement managed to push financial frontiers? In a context in which borrowers vary in unobservable risk, Ghatak (1999, 2000) shows that group-based, joint liability contracts price for risk more accurately than individual contracts, provided that borrowers match...
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Economic and Financial Developments in Goa
Mohanty, Deepak - eSocialSciences - 2011
Goa is celebrating the Golden Jubilee Year of its Liberation. The recent economic achievements of the state are highlighted. The economic and financial structure of the state as well as the various financial inclusion initiatives taken by the Reserve Bank are outlined. Policy challenges ahead...
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Private (Occupational) Pensions in China: A Note on Recent Developments
Hu, Yu-Wei - eSocialSciences - 2005
China, as the most populous country in the world, is ageing rapidly. Against the background of dramatic demographic changes in this century, China’s current pension system is badly structured, and not able to cope with the rapid ageing population. The Chinese government is well aware of...
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Who’s Going Broke? Comparing Growth in Healthcare Costs in Ten OECD Countries
Kotlikoff, Laurence J.; Hagist, Christian - eSocialSciences - 2005
benefit levels and changes in demographics.Although healthcare spending is growing at unsustainable rates in most, if not all …
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Mobile Financial Services in Bangladesh: An Overview of Market Development
BB, Bangladesh Bank - eSocialSciences - 2012
The objective of this report is to share a market level overview of the early stage progress of (Mobile Financial Services) MFS in Bangladesh up through the first quarter of 2012. A series of short surveys and discussions with ten banks and four (Mobile Network Operator) MNOs, plus interviews...
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Population Ageing
Weil, David N. - eSocialSciences - 2006
aggregate output is the distortion from taxes to fund PAYGO pensions [NBER WP]. …
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Shortfall in EPFO
Dhoot, Vikas - eSocialSciences - 2005
The Provident Fund office may not have relevant data on more than 80 pere cent of its members.
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