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Reforming Public Pensions: Sharing the Experiences of Transition and OECD
Countries
Reforms to pension policies rank high on the policy agenda in many countries.
Certain reforms have already been undertaken and those proposed inevitably
deal with a number of difficult challenges and potential trade-offs. These
include the desirability of providing adequate replacement income and
tackling problems of poverty in old age; the imbalance between time spent in
work and in retirement; the appropriate mix of different forms of retirement
income provisions; the labour market implications of different approaches to
financing pensions; and the potential complexities of meeting short-term and
long-term policy objectives. This book addresses these and other issues
through a critical appraisal of the practical lessons of public pension
reforms over the past decade in Central and Eastern Europe, and how they
compare with reforms in other OECD member countries. Countries covered
include the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Latvia, the Russian Federation and Lithuania, as well as Germany, Italy and
the Netherlands. The book clarifies the reform issues and choices addressed
by policy makers, and brings together practical experiences and insights of
experts and government officials from a wide range of countries and
organisations.
Chapters include:
"The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Central and Eastern Europe" by
Katharina Müller "The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Lithuania" by
Audronie Morkuniene "The Slovak Pension System at the Threshold of Reform" by
Marek Jakoby "Pension Reform in Germany: An Assessment" by Markus Sailer
"The Role of the European Union in Pensions" by Heikki Oksanen "Reforming
Pensions: Myths, Truths and Policy Choices" by Nicholas Barr "Pension Reform
in Latvia: Achievements and Challenges" by Inta Vanovska
"Pension Reform in Slovenia" by Dusan Kidric
"Financial Constraints and Policy Options: The Pension Reform Process in
Italy and its Relevance to Eastern Europe" by Giuseppe Pennisi and Mauro Mare
"The Dutch Pension System: Risks And Reform" by Peter Stein
"Retirement Incomes and Economic Well-Being in Central and Eastern Europe"
by Tine Stanovnik "Pensioner Living Standards in the Russian Federation" by
Alexander Razumov "The Gender Dimensions of Pension Reforms" by Silke
Steinhilber
"Pension Reform in Poland by Agnieszka Chlon
"Some practical issues in the Hungarian Pension Reform" by Agnes Matits "The
Role of Private Pensions in the Czech Pension Reform" by Jiri Kral
"Compliance and Pension Reforms: What are the Issues?" by Warren McGillivray
If you would like to browse the publication, go to
http://oecdpublications.gfi-nb.com/cgi-bin/OECDBookShop.storefront/ and then
type "Reforming Public Pensions" in the title search at the top left hand of
the screen.
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