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Raising retirement ages and expanding private pension coverage essential, says OECD

11/06/2012

Governments will need to raise retirement ages gradually to address increasing life expectancy in order to ensure that their national pension systems are both affordable and adequate, according to a new OECD report. At a time of heightened global economic uncertainty, such reforms can also play a crucial role in governments’ responses to the crisis, contributing to fiscal consolidation at the same time as boosting growth.

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	Australia Chris Barrett >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Australia		Austria Wolfgang Petritsch >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Austria


	Belgium Yves Haesendonck >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Belgium		Canada Judith Larocque >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Canada


	Chile Raúl Sáez >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Chile		Czech Republic Karel Dyba >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/CZech


	Denmark Poul Eric Dam Kristensen >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Denmark		Estonia Marten Kokk >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Estonia


	Finland Antti Kuosmanen >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Finland		France Pascale Andréani >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/France


	Germany Johannes Westerhoff >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Germany		Greece Konstantina Birmpili >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Greece


	Hungary Istvan Mikola >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Hungary		Iceland Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Iceland


	Ireland Michael Forbes >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Ireland		Israel Nimrod Barkan >> Photo not available >> www.oecd.org/Israel


	Italy Carlo Maria Oliva >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Italy		Japan Motohide Yoshikawa >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Japan


	Korea Kyung Wook Hur >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Korea		Luxembourg Georges Santer >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Luxembourg


	Mexico Agustín Garcia-Lopez >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Mexico		The Netherlands Edmond Wellenstein >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Netherlands


	New Zealand Rosemary Banks >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/New Zealand		Norway Tore Eriksen >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Norway


	Poland Pawel Wojciechowski >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Poland		Portugal >> www.oecd.org/Portugal


	Slovak Republic Ingrid Brockova >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/slovakia		Slovenia Andrej Rant >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Slovenia


	Spain Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Spain		Sweden Anders Ahnlid >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Sweden


	Switzerland Stefan Flückiger >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Switzerland		Turkey Kadri Ecvet Tezcan >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/Turkey


	United Kingdom Nick Bridge >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/UK		United States Karen F. Kornbluh >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/US


	European Union Maria-Francesca Spatolisano >> Photo in high-resolution >> www.oecd.org/EU

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	Rolf Alter Director » Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate » CV » High-resolution photo			Sergio Arzeni Director » Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development » CV » High-resolution photo

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	Martine Durand Director/Chief Statistician » Statistics Directorate » CV » High-resolution photo			Jorgen Elmeskov Director » Economics Policy Studies Branch » CV (NA) » High-resolution photo


	Carolyn Ervin Director » Financial and Enterprise Affairs Directorate » CV » High-resolution photo			Anthony Gooch Director » Public Affairs at the OECD » CV » High-resolution photo

	Barbara Ischinger Director » Education Directorate » CV » High-resolution photo			Jon Lomøy Director » Development Co-operation Directorate » CV » High-resolution photo

	John Martin Director » Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate » CV » High-resolution photo			Pier Carlo Padoan Deputy Secretary-General/Chief Economist » Economics Department » CV » High-resolution photo

	Gabriela Ramos Chief of Staff » CV » High-resolution photo			Pascal Saint-Amans Director » Centre for Tax Policy and Administration » CV » High-resolution photo

	Simon Upton Director » Environment Directorate » CV » High-resolution photo			Patrick van Haute Executive Director Executive Directorate » CV » High-resolution photo

	Andrew Wyckoff Director » Science, Technology and Industry Directorate » CV » High-resolution photo

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