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Towards Improved Retirement Savings Outcomes for Women

Global insurance market trends

This annual report analyses insurance market statistics collected by the OECD to monitor the insurance industry’s overall performance and health. It covers all OECD countries plus selected Asian, African and Latin American countries.

Seminar on Quality Infrastructure Investment

The OECD is organising a virtual High-level Seminar on Quality Infrastructure Investment, in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, Singapore, and sponsored by the Government of Japan.

Retirement Savings in the Time of COVID-19

One year on from the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, this report assesses the impact of COVID-19 on retirement savings and old-age pensions, with a greater focus on the former where contributions are invested in capital markets to finance future retirement benefits.

OECD Pensions Outlook 2020

Launch of the 2020 OECD Pensions Outlook

7 December 2020 - Every two years, the OECD Pensions Outlook provides an analysis of the main policy issues affecting pensions in OECD countries and assesses trends in retirement income systems. It discusses policy initiatives for strengthening the sustainability and resilience of pension systems, funded private pension systems in particular.

Financial incentives and retirement savings

Launched in 2014, this project reviews the cost effectiveness of tax and other financial incentives. It assesses more efficient ways of using public money to increase savings for retirement, retirement income and replacement rates.

Financial incentives for funded private pension plans: OECD country profiles, 2020

04/12/2020 - This report describes the tax treatment of retirement savings in OECD countries. It also covers non-tax financial incentives provided to encourage individuals to save for retirement in funded private pension plans.

The role of funded pensions in providing retirement income to people in non-standard forms of work

The role and design of funded private pensions will change as labour market patterns change and the proportion of workers engaged in non-standard forms of work is growing in many OECD countries. This OECD-EU project analyses whether workers who are self-employed or employed under non-standard contracts require different forms of funded pension provision.

Global pension statistics

The Global Pension Statistics Project measures and monitors the pension industry, allowing inter-country comparisons of current statistics and indicators on key aspects of retirement systems.