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Aging Populations and Public Pension Schemes
Chand, Sheetal K.; Jaeger, Albert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590852
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Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries
Keller, Christian; Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
During the transition process, many existing social sector institutions and policies were significantly eroded and their underlying character changed. As a result, they often do not redistribute to the poorest, nor generally serve the role of facilitating economic change. Social sector reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264010
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The Challenge of Public Pension Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies
Clements, Benedict J.; Coady, David; Eich, Frank; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Pension reform is high on the policy agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies. In advanced economies the … challenge is generally to contain future increases in public pension spending as the population ages. In emerging market … economies, the challenges are often different. Where pension coverage is extensive, the issues are similar to those in advanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790493
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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 … retirement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826298
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Luxembourg; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Lu...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Luxembourg’s 2006 Article IV Consultation reports that the dominant financial sector has supported a steady rebound in economic activity. Growth is projected to remain healthy in the near term, but trend growth may decline as the rapid financial sector expansion may decelerate. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245377
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Cyprus; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
the fiscal consequences of aging will require increasing the retirement age to 65 years, followed by further increases to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243631
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Switzerland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
the generous disability and pension systems. The paper also examines the need for health care reforms in Switzerland. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005598861
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Chile; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper on Chile assesses the long-term outlook of Chile’s private pension system. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591527
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Slovenia; Recent Economic Developments
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1996
This paper reviews economic developments in Slovenia during 1990–96. Slovenia experienced its first positive real GDP growth in 1993. Real GDP grew by 1.3 percent. This modest recovery began under the impetus of buoyant domestic demand, which grew by 8¼ percent; real foreign demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591365
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Northern Star; Canada's Path to Economic Prosperity
Klyuev, Vladimir; Mühleisen, Martin; Bayoumi, Tamim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Robust GDP growth, declining unemployment, low and stable inflation, and a string of fiscal and current account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245903