Closing the coverage gap : [electronic resource] role of social pensions and other retirement income transfers / Robert Holzmann, David A. Robalino, Noriuki Takayama, editors.
Contributor(s): Holzmann, Robert | Robalino, David A | Takayama, Noriyuki
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TextPublisher: Washington, DC : World Bank, 2009Description: xv, 225 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 0821379712 (alk. paper); 0821379801 (electronic bk.); 9780821379714 (alk. paper); 9780821379806 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Old age pensions -- Government policy | Retirement income -- Government policy | Social securityAdditional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 331.25/2 LOC classification: HD7105.3 | .C56 2009Online resources: home Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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