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Finance & Development September 1, 2001 Nicholas Barr	The Truth About Pension Reform Aging populations in industrial and transition countries have provoked heated debate about pension reform -- in particular, about the desirability of abandoning pay-as-you-go schemes in favor of private, funded pensions...
Knowledge@Wharton January 15, 2003	The Long, Winding Road to Pension Reform in Latin America Like other nations, countries in Latin America are attempting to make their retirement systems more efficient and responsive to citizens' needs. This is difficult in the best of times.
Reason March 2002 Brink Lindsey	Social Insecurity Why an increasing number of countries are turning to market-based pension plans...
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Groome et al.	Aging and Financial Markets Governments, domestic businesses, and financial markets compete globally for investment capital, and the potential economic effects of aging may adversely influence their competitive positions, as well as macroeconomic and financial stability.
Finance & Development September 2010 Steve Barnett	Building a Social Safety Net China embarks on an effort to improve both pensions and health care in the world's most populous nation
IDB America December 2005 Daniel Drosdoff	A Pension Reform Begins to Bear Fruit In Peru, workers who took the risk of joining a private pension plan are rewarded with higher payments. The private system was launched in response to the country's economic crisis.
Finance & Development June 2011	Beyond Retirees How countries change their pension systems and whether they do it in tandem have major implications for global economic health.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Colin Barraclough	Argentina's Broken Pension Promise Argentina's experience shows that privatized pensions systems can still leave the elderly at the margin in a mismanaged economy.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Joshua Goodman	Putting Chile's Nest Egg To Work Chile's model 401(k)-style pension plan is investing heavily in key public projects.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Geri Smith	Mexico: A Pension Patchwork With Big Holes Most Mexican's face a bleak future. Today, 52% of Mexico's senior citizens live in poverty. Over the next 20 years the population age 65 and over will more than double, and more than half will have no old-age pension.
Finance & Development March 1, 2000 Claudio M. Loser & Martine Guerguil	The Long Road to Financial Stability Most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean weathered the economic crises of the late 1990s better than expected, thanks to the policy reforms of the past two decades. Further reform is urgently needed, however, to put the region on a faster growth path and reduce its vulnerability to external shocks.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Singh & Collyns	Latin America's Resurgence Latin America's recent resurgence amid continuing favorable external conditions provides another historic opportunity for the region to catalyze its considerable natural and human capital resources into sustained and higher growth.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Peter S. Heller	Asia: Ready or Not The world's most populous continent must prepare now for an aging population.
FDIC FYI January 13, 2004 Miller & Ayres	Could a Bull Market Be a Panacea for Defined Benefit Pension Plans? This report describes the serious challenges and outlook facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and corporate defined benefit pension plans, and examines the effects on financial institutions insured by the FDIC.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Big Investors Are Fleeing Stocks. Should You? Pension funds are moving to bonds.
Finance & Development March 1, 2001	Book reviews Robert Solomon's Money on the Move: The Revolution in International Finance Since 1980... Distributive Justice and Economic Development: The Case of Chile and Developing Countries... Ruth de Krivoy's Collapse: The Venezuelan Banking Crisis of '94... etc.
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 Christian Keller & Peter S. Heller	Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries Transition countries need to reform their social sectors to promote the welfare of their citizens and spur economic growth. In part, this means building up and redesigning social safety nets and addressing problems. It also requires cutting some benefits and privileges...
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Levitt & Turner	How to Clean Up the Muni Bond Market Solutions to defaulting bonds, unfunded liabilities, and fraudulent investment information.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Adair Turner	Pension Challenges in an Aging World Pensions are high on the policy agenda in many developed countries and, increasingly, in developing countries also. Except where fertility rates are very low, needed pension system adjustments look manageable.
IDB America Jul/Aug 2000 Paul Constance	Ready, able, and elderly Latin America's demographic profile is gradually turning gray---but the region's retirees aren't watching life from a park bench...
The Motley Fool March 2, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Why Public Pensions Are Doomed Public-sector pensions will disappear in the near future.
Finance & Development March 2011 Lora & Pages	Face-to-Face with Productivity It is not lack of investment but inefficient production that holds back Latin American incomes.
Investment Advisor July 2006 Savita Iyer	Retirement Planning: Behind the Numbers The debate over whether to further liberalize the investment mandate of public funds is not likely to come to a conclusion anytime in the near future in the U.S. or Japan. But Japan's Social Security overhaul can teach the U.S. a thing or two.
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 David Fairlamb	Europe's Pension Problem: Too Few Cradles, Too Few Graves Population trends are forcing drastic reforms in Europe, including reducing people's benefits
Finance & Development September 2010 Kevin Cheng	The Long Run Is Near France, like many advanced economies, confronts the expensive needs of a rapidly aging population
Finance & Development June 2006	Book Reviews Deciding how to divide the economic pie: Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy... Brain drain or brain gain?: Give Us Your Best and Brightest... Paying for old age: Rethinking Pension Reform... etc.
HBS Working Knowledge January 10, 2005 Jim Heskett	Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer? The aging workforces of developed countries around the world have created long-term fiscal challenges that are forcing their governments to address this issue now. Which county offers a better response? The U.S.? Germany? Mexico? Or is there some other preferred alternative?
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Nanette Byrnes	Sink Hole! How public pension promises are draining state and city budgets.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger	This Will Cause the Next Financial Crisis Pension funds are getting desperate, turning to risky strategies to make minimal cash.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Engardio & Matlack	Global Aging It's not just Europe -- China and other emerging-market economies are aging fast, too. There are solutions, but it's time to act.
Financial Advisor June 2006 Alan Lavine	Storm Clouds For Municipal Bonds Underfunded liabilities loom as a threat to governments' finances.
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National Defense October 2012 Karen L. Manos	Contractors Charging the Federal Government For Pension Contributions Is Not Corporate Welfare In full election-year mode, news media have been awash in articles, blogs and reports urging Congress to stop the "corporate welfare" of reimbursing federal contractors' pension costs.
Finance & Development March 2011 Clements et al.	Healing Health Care Finances Health care presents a daunting fiscal challenge in advanced and emerging economies alike, but reforms can help manage the growth of spending fairly and efficiently.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Saavedra & Arias	Stuck in a Rut Avenues for combating persistent poverty and inequality in Latin America.
Finance & Development March 1, 2000 Robert Rennhack	Banking Supervision Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, like other emerging markets, have experienced banking system difficulties that have hampered growth and generated fiscal costs as high as 10 to 20 percent of GDP and even more. Many countries have improved their banking systems, but further reform is needed.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2004 Chris Mallon	The Perils of Pensions Once a no-lose situation for both management and employees, defined-benefit pension plans are now threatening to cripple some U.S. corporations. But the piper must be paid, and it's investors who will ultimately suffer.
Finance & Development March 1, 2001 Martin Muhleisen & Hamid Faruqee	Japan: Population Aging and the Fiscal Challenge With Japan facing a demographic crisis, government finances--stretched to the limit to keep the economy afloat--have to cope with the rising strain on public pension and health systems. This article looks at the economic and fiscal costs of aging in Japan...
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Knowledge@Wharton	How Well Do 401(k) Plans Work, and Who Benefits Most From Them? Do problems with 401(k)s still appear as bad as they did last winter? Should the system be left alone, merely tweaked, or overhauled -- perhaps converted to a kind of Super-IRA that would solve Enron-type problems by removing the employer from the process?
The Motley Fool September 8, 2006 Ryan Popple	Beware the Botched 401(k) While 401(k)s offer more control and impressive tax benefits, they also chronically underperform managed pension funds. We are going to need our 401(k)s for our future financial security, and we have to do a better job of managing them.
Finance & Development June 2009 Horton & El-Ganainy	Back to Basics: What Is Fiscal Policy? What is fiscal policy? And, how can fiscal tools provide a boost to the world economy?
The Motley Fool January 25, 2007 Tim Hanson	Why You'll Have a Worry-Free Retirement Our retirements are in our hands, and we need to make sound financial decisions from here on out to ensure that our retirements are secure.
Entrepreneur November 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson	Dish It Out Pension offerings continue to dissolve, but new laws reward employers whose workers pump up their 401(k)s.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Dan Caplinger	2009: End of the Road for Pensions? The final nail in the coffin for pensions may come from 2008's terrible stock market performance.
CFO February 22, 2005 David M. Katz	The Domino Effect Ailing pension plans could overburden the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp and send premiums soaring.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2009 Dan Caplinger	The Biggest Threat Yet to Your Retirement The huge losses last year in the stock market have created massive problems for millions of people expecting their employers to provide them with substantial income after they retire.
Reason February 2009 Jon Entine	The Next Catastrophe Think Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a politicized financial disaster? Just wait until pension funds implode.
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 Roger Lowenstein	The Great American Ponzi Scheme Do we want public pensions? There are compelling reasons why we do.