Lessons from pension reform in the Americas /

Latin American experiments with pension reform began when Chile converted its public pay-as-you-go system to a system of private individual accounts in the early 1980s. Several other Latin American countries then followed suit, inspired both by Chile's reforms and by World Bank recommendations...

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Hauptverfasser:
Kay, Stephen J., Sinha, Tapen.
Weitere Verfasser:
Sinha, Tapen
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
Latin American experiments with pension reform began when Chile converted its public pay-as-you-go system to a system of private individual accounts in the early 1980s. Several other Latin American countries then followed suit, inspired both by Chile's reforms and by World Bank recommendations stressing compulsory government-mandated individual saving accounts. Individual accounts were subsequently introduced in a number of countries in Europe and Asia. Many are now re-evaluatingthese privatisations in an effort to 'reform the reform' to make these systems more efficient and equitable. This vo
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1 online resource (446 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-152769-6
1-281-14999-3
9786611149994
Schlagworte:
Pensions > Government policy > Latin America.
Social security > Latin America.
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