Documents et rapports
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Coverage : how much of the labor force is covered by the pension system? (anglais)
This briefing note looks at issues in the measurement of coverage by the formal pension system of people of working age. It is the second in a series describing the World Bank's Pension Reform Indicators...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 70348 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Romero Robayo,Carolina,Palacios,Robert J.,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat,Whitehouse,Edward R.
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Pension indicators : reliable statistics to improve pension policymaking (anglais)
This introductory note updates the Bank's database on pensions, that was first established in the early 1990s to inform the research analysis on averting the old age crisis, and formulating policies to...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 70347 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Whitehouse,Edward R.
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Adequacy (2) : Pension entitlements of recent retirees (anglais)
This note discusses how expected benefit levels can be assessed. The note points out the measurement of current benefit levels that are observable: they do not depend on any assumptions about the future...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 70350 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Zviniene,Asta,Whitehouse,Edward R.
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Adequacy (1) Pension entitlements, replacement rates and pension wealth (anglais)
This note briefly sets out a methodology for calculating prospective pension entitlements promised in the future to today’s workers. This method can (and has been) applied to a wide range of countries...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 70349 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Whitehouse,Edward R.
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Security : Risk and uncertainty in retirement-income systems (anglais)
The recent financial crisis means that investment risk is at the forefront of the minds of the public and policymakers alike. But there is a range of risks and uncertainties in pension systems. At the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 70354 Date du document: 1 janvier 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Whitehouse,Edward R.
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Economic efficiency : Minimizing the pension system's distortions of individual choices (anglais)
This briefing note on economic efficiency explores indicators related to the incentive to work. The first part looks at the retirement decision. There is now a mountain of evidence showing that retirement...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 70352 Date du document: 1 janvier 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Whitehouse,Edward R.
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Financial sustainability : Assessing the finances of pension systems over the long term (anglais)
This report on financial sustainability assesses the finances of pension systems over the long run. Issues of financial sustainability are mainly relevant to earnings-related schemes. These are of three...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 70351 Date du document: 1 janvier 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Whitehouse,Edward R.,Zviniene,Asta
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Administrative efficiency : Assessing the cost of running public pension systems (anglais)
The cost of administering public pensions matters because it must ultimately be paid by individuals, either as taxpayers or through lower benefits. High costs are a sign of administrative efficiency. A...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 70353 Date du document: 1 janvier 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Palacios,Robert J.,Sluchynsky,Olegskiy,Whitehouse,Edward R.