,World Bank Involvement in the Privitisation of Public Pension Systems in Dev. & Transition Countries

World Bank Involvement in the Privitisation of Public Pension Systems in Dev. & Transition Countries


 

Publication Date: May 2003

Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Author(s): Dean Baker; Debayani Kar

Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: Privatized systems; Pension reform; Poverty

Type: Report

Abstract:

This report examines the trend in Latin American and some European countries of replacing public pay-as-you-go pension systems with funded systems managed by private financial institutions.