Population, health, and nutrition (PHN) lending decreased in fiscal 1992 from the record levels of fiscal 1991, in both the amount and the number of operations. Lending amounted to $961.6 million for 16 projects, compared with $1,567.6 million for 28 projects in fiscal 1991. This temporary dip...

We propose alternative methods to project pension rights and implement them in Chile and Uruguay and partially in Argentina. We use incomplete work histories databases from the social security administrations to project entire lifetime work histories. We first fit linear probability and duration...