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Rethinking Pension Reform: Ten Myths About Social Security Systems
Summary (English)
In 1994, the World Bank published a seminal book on pension reform, entitled Averting the Old Age Crisis" The book noted that "myths abound in discussions of old age security". This paper, prepared for a World Bank conference that will revisit pension reform issues five years after the publication of Averting the Old Age Crisis, examines ten such myths in a deliberately provocative manner.
Note
Presented at the conference on "New Ideas About Old Age Security" The World Bank Washington, D.C. September 14-15, 1999.