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Panama; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Selected Issues paper on Panama explores the current situation and trends of the Caja del Seguro Social (CSS) in Panama. The autonomy is embedded in its Organic Law, which also provides the agency with the right to have separate funds from the central government. The slowdown in economic...

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Germany; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Selected Issues paper attempts to analyze the end-point problem and improve the quality of potential GDP estimates for Germany. It projects that Germanyâ€™s potential GDP growth will slow over the coming decade, mainly because of declining labor input. The paper focuses on a long-term...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825173

United Kingdom; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This Selected Issues paper of the United Kingdom analyzes the official projections of public pension spending and risks, as well as the strategy to increase private pension provision. It provides a comparison of stylized facts regarding business cycle developments in the three economies, and an...

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Republic of Armenia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) has been developed for eradicating poverty in Armenia. It analyzes the poverty situation of Armenia, and evaluates the methodology and methodological issues. It discusses the PRSP goals, main policy directions, solution to poverty, and the reduction of...

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The Aging of the Population and the Size of the Welfare State

Swagel, Phillip; Sadka, Efraim; Razin, Assaf - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

size of the welfare state. This is despite the increased political clout of the dependent population implied by the aging …

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Public Pension Reform: A Primer

Jousten, Alain - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

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...

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Republic of Korea; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

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...

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Population Aging in Japan; Demographic Shock and Fiscal Sustainability

Mühleisen, Martin; Faruqee, Hamid - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

The paper develops a general equilibrium framework to examine the economic implications of population aging in Japan … assess the impact of aging on Japan's government finances; and (ii) compare fiscal policy options with respect to their … implications of population aging in Japan. Particular attention is paid to aggregate saving behavior which is modeled on the basis …

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Global Aging Pressures; Impact of Fiscal Adjustment, Policy Cooperation, and Structural Reforms

Kumar, Manmohan S.; Botman, Dennis P. J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

of alternative fiscal adjustment and structural reform strategies to address these global aging pressures using the IMF …'s Global Fiscal Model (GFM). The results suggest substantial spillover effects of aging through international financial …

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Would Saving U.S. Social Security Raise National Saving?

Walliser, Jan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1999

Analysts agree that raising national saving is one of the key objectives of social security reform in the United States. Hence, to judge the merits of proposals requires a comparison of saving responses. The paper outlines the difficulties involved in making those comparisons, which arise from...

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