Social security pensions : development and reform

Abstract

General overview and main issues. Public and non-public pension schemes. Part 1 Development - the structure of pension schemes and their problems: retirement benefits invalidity benefits pensioners and social assistance benefits financing pension schemes the management of investment coverage and its shortfalls governance and administration contribution evasion pension transfers and the redistribution of income the risks to individuals economic effects the consequences for public finances. Part 2 Reform - the search for a new balance: the normative basis for policy extending coverage improving governance, management and compliance influencing the age of retirement developing the pluralistic designs and flexible structures the reform process and its political management conclusion. Part 3 Regional briefs: Asia and the Pacific Africa Latin America and the Caribbean the Arab States of the Middle East Central and Eastern Europe the OECD countries. Part 4 Technical briefs: quantitative modelling social security conventions and recommendations of the ILO pensions for public sector employees simulation of an African scheme statistical annex.