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Origins of the World Bank's approach to old age security
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Universität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Institut für Weltgesellschaft
Abstract "Demographic change, the maturing of pay-as-you-go systems, economic recession,
and mismanagement amongst other factors have contributed to a growing interest in
pension reforms over the past two decades. The World Bank has been a particularly
visible actor in the discussion of pension reforms. I... view more
"Demographic change, the maturing of pay-as-you-go systems, economic recession,
and mismanagement amongst other factors have contributed to a growing interest in
pension reforms over the past two decades. The World Bank has been a particularly
visible actor in the discussion of pension reforms. Its 1994 publication of “Averting the
Old Age Crisis”, marked a watershed for the Bank’s work on pensions and received
considerable attention from academics and practitioners in developed and
developing countries alike. The report has been criticised as contributing to the
Bank’s efforts of neoliberal paradigm maintenance. This paper takes a closer look at
the production of the report: why did the World Bank pick up the issue of pension
reform in the first place? How did the decision to do a flagship report on pensions
come about? How was the approach articulated in “Averting the Old Age Crisis”
developed? Dynamics within the bank, the role of prominent staff as well as the
external environment of the World Bank will be analyzed to draw a more
differentiated picture when answer these questions." [author's abstract]... view less
Keywords
reform; pension insurance; World Bank; pension; population development; social policy; provision for old age
Classification
Social Security
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Social Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
19 p.
Series
SocialWorld - Working Paper, 12a
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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