03485nam 2200685Ia 450 991045545080332120200520144314.01-282-23253-397866122325340-8213-7980-1(CKB)1000000000787411(EBL)459518(OCoLC)431325447(SSID)ssj0000085910(PQKBManifestationID)11110703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085910(PQKBWorkID)10024953(PQKB)11086058(MiAaPQ)EBC459518(MiAaPQ)EBC5122079(Au-PeEL)EBL459518(CaPaEBR)ebr10315981(CaONFJC)MIL224983(Au-PeEL)EBL5122079(CaONFJC)MIL223253(OCoLC)1027143249(EXLCZ)99100000000078741120090415d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrClosing the coverage gap[electronic resource] role of social pensions and other retirement income transfers /[edited by] Robert Holzmann, David Robalino, Noriuki TakayamaWashington, DC World Bank20091 online resource (246 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-7971-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Pensions12. 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; IndexClosing 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 theseOld age pensionsGovernment policyRetirement incomeGovernment policySocial securityElectronic books.Old age pensionsGovernment policy.Retirement incomeGovernment policy.Social security.331.25/2Holzmann Robert148544Robalino David A858960Takayama Noriyuki1946-1053416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455450803321Closing the coverage gap2485297UNINA