The present paper reviews key issues in pension design and pension reform encountered all across the world. The paper heavily refers to the recent U.S. Social Security reform debate in general and to the Personal Retirement Accounts proposal in particular. A particular emphasis is put on...

This Selected Issues paper highlights that the authorities in the Republic of Korea recognize the pension policy challenges ahead, and a first wave of reforms has already been launched. Despite the reforms to date, much remains to be done. Without further reforms, the public pension systems in...

The National pension system, in the light of major economic and financial transactions that take place today, can be challenging, through the difficulties that they create and the solutions that they offer. This paper is a comprehensive study on the public pension system in Romania facing the...

The National pension system, in the light of major economic and financial transactions that take place today, can be challenging, through the difficulties that they create and the solutions that they offer. This paper is a comprehensive study on the public pension system in Romania facing the...

Der Bericht befasst sich mit der Wirtschaftslage und den Reformprozessen nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September in den Ländern Zentralasiens. Es wird dargestellt, welchen Stand die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung erreicht hat und welche Probleme in der zentralasiatischen Region bislang ungelöst...