The road to Kazakhstan's pension and social reform -- The unsustainable welfare state -- The political economy of the reform -- Macro-actuarial forecasts -- Kazakhstan's economic transformation, 1989-2007 -- Pension benefits during the transition period -- Performance of pension funds -- Legal...

The new red-green government in Germany follows in economic policy the neoliberal aim of forced public debt reduction. Also the system of public pensions plans (with costs shared by employers and employees) will be reorganised, giving private pension funds paid by employees alone more weight....