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  • Built to Include - Reimagining Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa (English)

    COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have had – and are continuing to have—a devasting impact on living standards. But most countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were already struggling...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 182497 Document Date: June 3, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ridao-Cano,Cristobal,Moosa,Dalal Hasan Sharif Sayed,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat,Pinxten,Juul

  • Voluntary Savings Schemes to Protect Informal Workers in Jordan (English)

    This paper proposes a framework of voluntary savings schemes (VSS) in Jordan that can complement the current formal sector arrangements to better protect informal workers against economic shocks, unemployment...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 170802 Document Date: April 26, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rother,Friederike Uta,Chartouni,Carole,Sanchez-Reaza,Javier,Brodersohn Ostrovich,Ernesto Ariel,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat

  • Tunisia Public Expenditure Review : A New Pact for the Transition Modernizing the State for Better and Fairer Public Spending - Overview Report (French)

    Tunisia faces the challenge of improving the quality of its public spending and maintaining fiscal sustainability following a decade of weak economic performance. It is critical for Tunisia to strengthen...

    Document Type: Public Expenditure Review Report No.: 149126 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sy,Abdoulaye,Trape,Philip,Al Kadi,Dalia,Sanchez Quintela,Sonia,Hkiri,Marwen,Obayashi,Natsuko,El Ghandour,Ibrahim,Bteddini,Lida,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat,Whitehouse,Edward R.,Walker,Thomas,Barouni,Mahdi,Drabble,Michael,Halabi,Saamira,Zaafrane,Hafedh,El Kadiri El Yamani,Fatima,Gaudin,Sylvestre,Ayadi,Ines,Larbi,Hedi,Basti,Ahmed,Chebbi,Mohamed Salah,Gafrej,Raoudha

  • Tunisia Public Expenditure Review : A New Pact for the Transition Modernizing the State for Better and Fairer Public Spending - Overview Report (English)

    Tunisia faces the challenge of improving the quality of its public spending and maintaining fiscal sustainability following a decade of weak economic performance. It is critical for Tunisia to strengthen...

    Document Type: Public Expenditure Review Report No.: 149126 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sy,Abdoulaye,Trape,Philip,Al Kadi,Dalia,Sanchez Quintela,Sonia,Hkiri,Marwen,Obayashi,Natsuko,El Ghandour,Ibrahim,Bteddini,Lida,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat,Whitehouse,Edward R.,Walker,Thomas,Barouni,Mahdi,Drabble,Michael,Halabi,Saamira,Zafraane,Hafedh,El Kadiri El Yamani,Fatima,Gaudin,Sylvestre,Ayadi,Ines,Larbi,Hedi,Basti,Ahmed,Chebbi,Mohamed Salah,Gafrej,Raoudha

  • Arab pension systems : trends, challenges and options for reforms (English)

    This report provides an overview of current pension challenges and opportunities formembers of the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)1. There is an urgent need to address pensionissues in the region to address fiscal...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 118862 Document Date: August 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Price,William Joseph,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat,Demarco,Gustavo C.,Attia,Habib

  • Iran economic monitor : oil-driven recovery (Farsi)

    The Iran Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It examines these economic developments and policies in a longer-term and global context...

    Document Type: Economic Updates and Modeling Report No.: 117165 Document Date: June 30, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Karakurum-Ozdemir,Kamer,Kazemi Najaf Abadi,Majid,Hayati,Fayavar,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat,Sadoff,Claudia Winkelman,Borgomeo,Edoardo,Rehberger Bescos,Irene

  • Iran economic monitor : oil-driven recovery (English)

    The Iran Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It examines these economic developments and policies in a longer-term and global context...

    Document Type: Economic Updates and Modeling Report No.: 117165 Document Date: June 30, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Karakurum-Ozdemir,Kamer,Kazemi Najaf Abadi,Majid,Hayati,Fayavar,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat,Sadoff,Claudia Winkelman,Borgomeo,Edoardo,Rehberger Bescos,Irene

  • Morocco - Social protection and labor : diagnostic (English)

    Main macroeconomic indicators in Morocco (notably economic growth, inflation) are expected to remain appropriate in the short-medium term. Despite negative impacts in the economy due to developments in...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 103119 Document Date: May 26, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Angel-Urdinola,Diego,El Kadiri El Yamani,Fatima,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat

  • International patterns of pension provision II : a worldwide overview of facts and figures (English)

    This paper presents and explains cross country data for mandatory publicly and privately managed pension systems around the world. This report is organized into three parts corresponding to three broad...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 70319 Document Date: June 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat,Romero Robayo,Carolina,Whitehouse,Edward R.

  • Coverage : how much of the labor force is covered by the pension system? (English)

    This briefing note looks at issues in the measurement of coverage by the formal pension system of people of working age. It is the second in a series describing the World Bank's Pension Reform Indicators...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 70348 Document Date: January 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Romero Robayo,Carolina,Palacios,Robert J.,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat,Whitehouse,Edward R.

  • An assessment of reform options for the public service pension fund in Uganda (English)

    This paper analyzes the future liabilities that the Ugandan Public Service Pensions Fund might accumulate under the provisions of the Pensions Act (CAP 286) unless it is reformed. It then discusses alternative...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4091 Document Date: December 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bogomolova, Tatiana,Impavido,Gregorio,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat

  • International patterns of pension provision (English)

    The main purpose of this report is to provide useful cross-country data on public and private pension systems. It updates and expands on earlier work. This report also provides a superficial analysis of...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 98252 Document Date: April 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Palacios,Robert J.,Pallares-Miralles,Montserrat