Social security pensions: development and reform. /
edited by Colin Gillion ... [et al.].
- Geneva : International Labour Office 2000.
- xxv, 769 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 713-744) and index.
Contents: General overview and mains issues -- Public and non-public pension schemes -- Retirement benefits -- Invalidity and survivor's benefits -- Pensioners and social assistance benefits -- Financing pension systems -- The management of investment -- Coverage and its shortfalls -- Governance and administration -- Contribution evasion -- Pension transfers and the redistribution of income -- The risks to individuals -- Economic effects -- The consequences for public finances -- The normative basis for policy -- Extending coverage -- Improving governance, management and compliance -- Influencing the age of retirement -- Developing pluralistic designs and flexible structures --The reform process and its political management --Regional Briefs: Asia and the pacific -- Africa -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Arab states of the Middle East -- Central and Eastern Europe -- The OECD countries -- Technical briefs: The quantitative modelling of pension reform and development -- Social security conventions nd recommendations of the ILO -- Pensions for the public sector employees -- The impact of demography -- Statistical annex --