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Strategic options to finance pensions and healthcare in a rapidly ageing world
09-Feb-2009
The financial crisis is severely testing the soundness of pension and health care systems in OECD countries and many are not passing the test. At the World Economic Forum, Secretary-General Angel Gurría urged policy makers to act.
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Asian countries should reform their pension systems
07-Jan-2009
Many Asian countries will need to reform their pension systems in order to deliver sustainable and adequate retirement incomes for today’s workers, according to a new OECD report.
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10-Oct-2007
Continuous growth in life expectancy, often at a more rapid rate than forecast, creates financial challenges for retirement-income systems. Most countries have responded with pension reforms to contain rising pension costs. Around two-thirds of reforms will automatically link future pensions to changes in life expectancy.
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05-Jul-2007
The 2007 edition of Pensions at a Glance has been published in May. It presents a consistent framework for comparing public-pension policies across OECD countries, as well as reliable data. The report provides the basis for not only evaluating existing pension systems, but also designing and implementing future reforms.
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19-Jun-2007
This summary study looks at existing Korean family, health and pension policies from an international perspective and considers them in view of the emerging policy challenges in Korea. It was presented at a policy forum on Low fertility and Ageing Society, in September 2006 in Seoul.
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People will need to save more as reforms cut pension promises, says OECD
07-Jun-2007
People in OECD countries will have to save more for their retirement as a result of the major pensions reforms carried out in recent years, according to a new OECD report. The average pension promise in 16 OECD countries studied was cut by 22%. For women, the reduction was 25%.
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29-Jan-2007
This report, produced in collaboration by the OECD and the World Bank, addresses some of the key questions underlying the pension reform debate, and provides the basis for a new, consistent, approach to the empirical analysis of pension systems and entitlements around the world.
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20-Jun-2006
Recent pension reforms in OECD countries have a number of common themes. First, pension eligibility conditions have been tightened. Second, the indexation of pensions in payment has become less generous. Third, some pension schemes link benefit levels to changes in life expectancy. Finally, a number of countries have introduced defined-contribution pensions: privately managed schemes where the pension benefit depends on contributions and investment returns.
This paper by P.Whiteford and E.Whitehouse was published in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy.
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16-Jun-2005
The first part of this testimony puts the United States’ pension system in an international context. The second part looks at structural pension reforms that have introduced some kind of mandatory ‘individual accounts’ as a substitute for all or part of public, earnings-related pensions...
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01-Mar-2005
"Extending Opportunities: How active social policy can benefit us all ?" Social ministers from OECD countries will meet in Paris on 31 March – 1 April, 2005 to discuss how social policies can help individuals and families achieve their potential and support economic growth.
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Events
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on 06-May-2007
The world's population is ageing, and it's forcing us to make some tough choices about how we pay for our collective old age. Monika Queisser, OECD Senior Economist, was invited by Barry Thorne, to take part into the debate of the ageing population-themed edition of Amsterdam Forum (Copyright: www.radionetherlands.nl)
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