Publication: International Patterns of Pension Provision
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2000-04
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2000-04
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Cross country data on public and private pension schemes are presented and explained. Relevant World Bank demographic projections and other indicators previously reported in ‘averting the old age crisis is updated. Relationships between key indicators are highlighted. Many of the data are available as retrievable spreadsheets in the World Bank’s Social Protection Web-site at http://www.worldbank.org/pensions.
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“Palacios, Robert; Pallarès-Miralles, Montserrat. 2000. International Patterns of Pension Provision. Social protection discussion paper series,no. 0009;. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22540 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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