This book contains a selection of the major presentations from the conference: "Policy-Based Finance and Alternatives for Financial Market Development" held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in early 1996. It explores the generally successful East Asian experiences with policy-based finance and...

Many developing countries, especially in Latin America and Eastern Europe, have unfunded pay-as-you-go public pension systems that face growing financial pressures. These emanate from a weak link between contributions and benefits, from widespread evasion, and from an aging population. Chile...

This book contains a selection of the major presentations from the conference: "Policy-Based Finance and Alternatives for Financial Market Development" held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in early 1996. It explores the generally successful East Asian experiences with policy-based finance and...

El sistema de seguro de invalidez en Chile es mucho menos conocido que el de pensiones, pero es igualmente innovador. Difiere de los sistemas más tradicionales de dos maneras: (1) las prestaciones son en gran medida financiadas por las cuentas individuales de retiro, y complementadas...

El año 1981 Chile adoptó su nuevo sistema de pensiones caracterizado por la existencia de cuentas de ahorro individual. En 1983 el nuevo sistema comenzó a pagar pensiones, existiendo un conjunto de reglas muy detalladas que se aplican al cálculo y procedimientos de contratación de los...

Many pension schemes mandated by governments have accumulated large reserves. The management of these funds has a direct effect on financial sustainability, and potential benefit levels. It also has important indirect effects on the overall economy when the funds are large. Part I of this study...

This paper asserts that the disability insurance system in Chile is much less well-known than the pension part, but it is equally innovative. It differs from traditional public disability insurance in two important ways: 1) it is largely pre-funded--through the accumulation in the retirement...