Closing the coverage gap : role of social pensions and other retirement income transfers /

Other Authors: Holzmann, Robert, Robalino, David A., Takayama, Noriyuki,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview and preliminary policy guidance / David A. Robalino and Robert Holzmann
  • Measuring the coverage gap / Alvaro Forteza, Leonardo Lucchetti, and Montserrat Pallares-Miralles
  • Pensions and old-age poverty / Stephen Kidd and Edward Whitehouse
  • Rights-based approach to social security coverage expansion / Krzysztof Hagemejer
  • Social pensions in low-income countries / Armando Barrientos
  • Social pensions in four middle-income countries / Mukul G. Asher
  • Social pensions in high-income countries / Mark Pearson and Edward Whitehouse
  • Pension coverage in Japan / Noriyuki Takayama
  • The role of social pensions in the Republic of Korea / Hyungpyo Moon
  • Incentive effects of retirement income transfers / John Piggott, David A. Robalino, and Sergi Jimenez-Martin
  • Financing social pensions / Alain Jousten
  • Defining eligibility for social pensions : a view from a social assistance perspective / Margaret Grosh and Phillippe G. Leite
  • Matching defined contributions : a way to increase pension coverage / Robert Palacious and David A. Robalino
  • Administration of social pension programs / Oleksiy Sluchynsky.