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  • Guide to Pension Reform Implementation in Somalia (English)

    Pension systems and pension system reforms are some of the most contentious reforms that governments undertake globally. In addition, they, like civil service reform, are designed and elaborated by the...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 190947 Document Date: November 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kisunko,Gregory,Schwarz,Anita M.,Zezulin,Lena Serge,Kidd,Michael Andrew

  • Financial Inclusion for Economic Growth and Development (English)

    Sierra Leone’s macroeconomic performance continued to improve but at a slower pace. Macroeconomic imbalances are also of great concern despite recent improvements in the balance sheet of the central government...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 138743 Document Date: June 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kiendrebeogo,Youssouf,Chandra,Rinku,Mansaray,Kemoh,Smith,Nicholas Timothy,Dadi,Abebe Adugna,Graham,Errol George,Martin,Gayle,Kerali,Henry G. R.,Schwarz,Anita M.,Le Lesle,Franz Joseph,Mahdi,Alari Hasanatu Ijileyoh

  • Disability pensions in the European Union (English)

    Disability is a complex, evolving and multidimensional concept. According to the World Disability report (2011), disability will be an even greater concern as its prevalence is on the rise due to Ageing...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 117109 Document Date: June 24, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wiener,Mitchell,Schwarz,Anita M.,Abel,Miglena,Jain,Himanshi

  • Issues for civil service pension reform in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)

    The paper summarizes the main factors behind the projected increase civil service pension costs in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It discusses the benefits and potential downsides to unifying civil service...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 110299 Document Date: November 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schwarz,Anita M.,Abels,Miglena

  • Social protection responses to the global economic crisis in ECA (Russian)

    Besides affecting the private sector, the current global economic downturn will likely have a far-reaching impact on government revenues around the world. As country budgets are squeezed tight, social...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 52679 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lindert,Kathy A.,Schwarz,Anita M.

  • Social protection responses to the global economic crisis in ECA (English)

    Besides affecting the private sector, the current global economic downturn will likely have a far-reaching impact on government revenues around the world. As country budgets are squeezed tight, social...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 52679 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lindert,Kathy A.,Schwarz,Anita M.

  • Fiscal policy and economic growth : lessons for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (English)

    This study explores public finance policies in the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and their likely effects on economic growth. The analysis is organized in three parts. Part one...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 41174 Document Date: June 29, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gray,Cheryl W.,Lane,Tracey M.,Varoudakis,Aristomene,Abu-Ghaida,Dina N.,Dulitzky,Daniel,Guven, Ufuk,Hou,Xiaohui,Rutkowski,Jan Jerzy,Schwarz,Anita M.,Walewski, Mateusz,Kasek,Leszek Pawel,Marcincin,Anton,Pushak,Taras,Rzonca,Andrzej,Saavedra,Pablo,Skrok,Emilia,Tiongson,Erwin H. R.,Valachy,Juraj,Vybornaya,Olga Victorovna,Kessides, Christine,Khan, Shaheena

  • Pension systems and labor costs in southeastern Europe (English)

    The pension systems in southeastern Europe, which here is defined to include Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, are facing a wide variety of interrelated problems. Contribution rates are...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 48797 Document Date: June 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schwarz,Anita M.

  • Albania social insurance review (English)

    This social insurance review on Albania will focus largely on pensions, given that they are the largest component of the payroll tax and the largest expenditure item by far. The problems of the pension...

    Document Type: Other Social Protection Study Report No.: 37594 Document Date: December 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schwarz,Anita M.

  • Albania social insurance review (Albanian)

    This social insurance review on Albania will focus largely on pensions, given that they are the largest component of the payroll tax and the largest expenditure item by far. The problems of the pension...

    Document Type: Other Social Protection Study Report No.: 37594 Document Date: December 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Author: Schwarz,Anita M.

  • Old age income support in the 21st century : an international perspective on pension systems and reform (Vol. 2 of 2) (Russian)

    The book has a comprehensive introduction and two main parts. Part I presents the conceptual underpinnings for the Bank's thinking on pension systems and reforms, including structure of Bank lending in...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 32672 Document Date: January 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Holzmann,Robert,Hinz,Richard Paul,Von Gersdorff,Hermann A.,Gill,Indermit S.,Impavido,Gregorio,Musalem,Alberto Roque,Palacios,Robert J.,Robolino, David,Rutkowski,Michal J.,Schwarz,Anita M.,Sin,Yvonne Yee Mun,Subbarao,Kalanidhi