Equitable and Sustainable Pensions : Challenges and Experience.

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Clements, Benedict J

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9781475565195
1475565194

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Cover; Contents; Foreword; PART I: THE OUTLOOK FOR PUBLIC PENSION SPENDING AND KEY EQUITY ISSUES; 1 Equitable and Sustainable Pension Systems; 2 Public Pension Spending in Advanced and Emerging Market Economies: Past Trends and Projected Outcomes; PART II: DESIGNING EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE PENSION SYSTEMS; 3 The Role of the Public and Private Sectors in Ensuring Adequate Pensions: Theoretical Considerations; 4 Pension Reform and Equity: The Impact on Poverty of Reducing Pension Benefits; 5 Intergenerational Equity and the Gender Gap in Pension Issues.

6 Attitudes toward the Role of the Family, the Individual, and the State in Providing Retirement Income: Survey Evidence from Emerging East Asia7 Who Will Pay? The Dynamics of Pension Reform and Intergenerational Equity; 8 Is the Egg Basket Worth Its Price? The Fiscal Implications of Pension Privatization in Eastern Europe; PART III: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES; 9 Pension Reforms and Risks: Challenges for Pension Systems in Advanced European Economies; 10 Pension Reforms in Japan: Options for Fiscal Sustainability; 11 Providing Adequate Old-Age Pensions in the Republic of Korea.

12 Singapore's Pension System: Challenges and Reform Options13 Australian Pensions: An Equitable and Sustainable Arrangement in a Postcrisis World?; 14 Emerging Asia's Public Pension Systems: Challenges and Reform Efforts; 15 Reforming Pensions to Ensure Equitable and Adequate Retirement Incomes in China; 16 India's Pension Reform Initiative; 17 Pension Reform Experience in Indonesia; 18 Latvia's Multipillar Pension System: New Challenges in the Wake of the Economic Crisis; 19 Reforming the Public Pension System in the Russian Federation.

20 Macroeconomic Implications of Pension Reform in BrazilContributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

Summary: Pension reform is high on the agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies, for many reasons. First, public pensions often constitute a large share of government expenditure. Second, population aging means that reforms would be needed just to keep pension spending from rising in the future. Third, in many economies, low or falling pension coverage will leave large segments of the population without adequate income in old age and at risk of falling into poverty. Although a number of studies have assessed the effects of pension reforms on fiscal sustainability, a systematic analysis of e.

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20 Macroeconomic Implications of Pension Reform in BrazilContributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

Pension reform is high on the agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies, for many reasons. First, public pensions often constitute a large share of government expenditure. Second, population aging means that reforms would be needed just to keep pension spending from rising in the future. Third, in many economies, low or falling pension coverage will leave large segments of the population without adequate income in old age and at risk of falling into poverty. Although a number of studies have assessed the effects of pension reforms on fiscal sustainability, a systematic analysis of e.