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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455450803321

Titolo

Closing the coverage gap [[electronic resource] ] : role of social pensions and other retirement income transfers / / [edited by] Robert Holzmann, David Robalino, Noriuki Takayama

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2009

ISBN

1-282-23253-3

9786612232534

0-8213-7980-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HolzmannRobert

RobalinoDavid A

TakayamaNoriyuki <1946->

Disciplina

331.25/2

Soggetti

Old age pensions - Government policy

Retirement income - Government policy

Social security

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Overview and Preliminary Policy Guidance; Figures; 2. Measuring the Coverage Gap; Boxes; 3. Pensions and Old-Age Poverty; 4. Rights-Based Approach to Social Security Coverage Expansion; Tables; 5. Social Pensions in Low-Income Countries; 6. Social Pensions in Four Middle-Income Countries; 7. Social Pensions in High-Income Countries; 8. Pension Coverage in Japan; 9. The Role of Social Pensions in the Republic of Korea; 10. Incentive Effects of Retirement Income Transfers; 11. Financing Social Pensions

12. Defining Eligibility for Social Pensions: A View from a Social Assistance Perspective 13. Matching Defined Contributions: A Way to Increase Pension Coverage; 14. Administration of Social Pension Programs; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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