Closing the coverage gap : role of social pensions and other retirement income transfers / Robert Holzmann, David A. Robalino, Noriuki Takayama, editors.
Closing the Coverage Gap discusses how social pensions and other retirement income transfers can be used to close the coverage gap of mandatory pension systems. The book is organized in three parts. The first part makes the case for these programs by assessing the extent of the coverage gap around t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank,
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| Series: | World Bank e-Library.
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| Summary: | Closing the Coverage Gap discusses how social pensions and other retirement income transfers can be used to close the coverage gap of mandatory pension systems. The book is organized in three parts. The first part makes the case for these programs by assessing the extent of the coverage gap around the world and evaluating the vulnerability to poverty of the elderly. The second part reviews the experiences of low, middle and high income countries with the design and implementation of retirement income transfers. The last part focuses on design issues. It analyses the incentive effect of these p. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 225 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821379806 0821379801 1282232533 9781282232532 6612232536 9786612232534 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |