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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2009
• Edizione: Revisado en octubre de 2018.
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 225 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 331.25/2
• Soggetto topico: Old age pensions - Government policy; Retirement income - Government policy; Social security
• Altri autori: HolzmannRobert RobalinoDavid A TakayamaNoriyuki <1946->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Closing the coverage gap
• ISBN: 1-282-23253-3; 9786612232534; 0-8213-7980-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910664627503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.