Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 22 November 2007
- ISBN 9780199226801
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages446 pages
- Size 241x163x29 mm
- Weight 832 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous tables and figures 0
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Short description:
Latin America has seen a host of pathbreaking pension reforms, including privatizations that have served as examples for governments throughout the world. Addressing pressing policy issues and highlighting a broad range of country experiences, this book provides an unparalleled account of the lessons from pension reform in North and South America
MoreLong description:
Latin American experiments with pension reform began when Chile converted its public pay-as-you-go system to a system of private individual accounts in the early 1980s. Several other Latin American countries then followed suit, inspired both by Chile's reforms and by World Bank recommendations stressing compulsory government-mandated individual saving accounts. Individual accounts were subsequently introduced in a number of countries in Europe and Asia. Many are now re-evaluating these privatisations in an effort to 'reform the reform' to make these systems more efficient and equitable. This volume is the first to assess pension reforms in this new 'post-privatization' era.
After a discussion on demographic trends in the foreword by Nobel laureate Robert W. Fogel, Section 1 of the book includes chapters on the role of pension system default options, the impact of gender, and a discussion of the World Bank's policies on pension reform. The chapter on the evidence from Chile's new social protection survey points to key lessons from the world's first privatization. Section 2 offers in-depth analysis of several significant reform initiatives in the hemisphere, and includes chapters on the United States, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay and Argentina.
The volume provides an unparalleled account of the lessons from pension reform in the Americas, addressing the most pressing policy issues and highlighting a broad range of country experiences.
Table of Contents:
Foreword: Toward an Era of Longevity and Wealth
Overview: Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas
Part I: System Design and Policy Implications
The Chilean Pension Reform Turns 25: Lessons from the Social Protection Survey
The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States
The Gender Impact of Social Security Reform in Latin America
Understanding the Gendered Dimensions of Pension Reform
Reflections on Pension Reform in the Americas: From "Averting the Old-Age Crisis" to "Keeping the Promise of Old-Age Security" and Beyond
Bounded Rationality in Latin American Pension Reform
Part II: Country Studies
Perspectives from the President's Commission on Social Security Reform
Reforms to Canadian Social Security, 1996/97
A Decade of Government Mandated Privately Run Pensions in Mexico: What Have We Learned?
Pensions in Brazil: Reaching the Limits of Parametric Reform in Latin America
Costa Rica's Pension Reform: A Decade of Negotiated Incremental Change
The Peruvian Pension Reform: Ailing or Failing?
Uruguay: A Mixed Reform
The Pension System in Argentina
Epilogue: The Future of Retirement Systems in the Americas
