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This page contains useful links to internet sources of information on pension-related issues, including links to related policy and research institutions as well as ministries of World Bank client countries and others. While we hope you find the links below of value, please note that the World Bank is not responsible for the content of non-World Bank websites. Governmental Non-Governmental/Academic Governmental Social Security Programs Throughout the World This site of the U.S. Social Security Administration highlights the principal features of social security programs in more than 170 countries: old-age, survivors, and disability; sickness and maternity; work injury; unemployment; and family allowances. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Z Albania Instituti i Sigurimeve Shoqërore (Social Insurance Institute) Ministry of Finance Andorra National Social Security Found Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Online Argentina Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social Armenia Armenia Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Aruba Social Security Bank Australia Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) Centrelink ComSuper (Administers superannuation for members of the Australian public service, participating employers, and members of the Australian defence force) Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Austria Österreichischen Sozialversicherung (Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Agencies) Pension Insurance Institution Azerbaijan Azerbaycan Respublikasi Dövlet Sosial Müdafie Fondu Bahamas, The National Insurance Board Bahrain General Organization for Social Insurance Bangladesh Ministry of Labor and Manpower Barbados Labour Market Information System - National Insurance National Insurance Scheme Belarus Social Security Fund Belgium Federale Overheidsdienst Sociale Zekerheid (Federal Public Service Social Security) Rijksdienst voor Pensioenen (National Pension Office) Rijksdienst voor Sociale Zekerheid (National Office of Social Security) Belize Belize Social Security Board Bermuda Department of Social Insurance Bhutan National Pension & Provident Fund Bolivia Ministerio de Hacienda Superintendencia de Pensiones, Valores y Seguros Botswana Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs Brazil Ministério da Previdência Social Brunei Employees' Trust Fund Department Ministry of Health Department of Labor Bulgaria Financial Supervision Commission Ministry of Labour and Social Policy National Social Security Institute Burkina Faso Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Jeunesse Canada Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Income Security Programs Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) for Federal Pension Plans Régie des rentes du Québec (Quebec Pension Board) Cameroon National Social Insurance Fund Chile Superintendencia de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (Superintendency of Pension Fund Management Companies) China Ministry of Labour and Social Security Colombia Departamento Administrativo de la Funcion Publica Instituto de Seguros Sociales SISPRO (Sistema Integral de Información de la Protección Social) Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia Costa Rica Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Costa Rican Social Security Fund) Superintendencia de Pensiones (SUPEN) Côte d'Ivoire Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale Croatia Hrvatski Zavod Za Mirovinsko Osiguranje (Pension Insurance Fund) Cyprus Social Insurance Service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Insurance Czech Republic Ceská Správa Sociálního Zabezpecení (Social Security Administration) Ministerstvo Práce A Sociálních Vecí (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs) Denmark Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (Labor Market Supplementary Pension Scheme) Den Sociale Sikringsstyrelse (National Social Security Agency) Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority) Socialministeriet (Ministry of Social Affairs) Dominica Dominica Social Security Dominican Republic Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Social Direccion de Informacion y Defensa de los Afiliados Superintendencia de Pensiones de la Republica Dominicana (SIPEN) Ecuador Banco Central del Ecuador Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social El Salvador Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social Superintendencia de Pensiones Estonia Sotsiaalministeerium (Ministry of Social Affairs) Fiji National Provident Fund Finland Finnish Centre for Pensions Kansaneläkelaitos-Folkpensionsanstalten (Social Insurance Institution) Kuntien Eläkevakuutus (Local Government Pensions Institution) Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health) France Caisse des Depots Caisse des Français de l'Étranger (CFE) (Fund for French Citizens Abroad) Caisse National d'assurance Viellesse (La Cnav) (National Old-Age Pension Insurance Fund) Portail de la Sécurité Sociale Gambia Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation Georgia Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Affairs Germany Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BAFin) Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie) Old Age Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung) Ghana Social Security and National Insurance Trust Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning Greece General Secretariat of Social Security Social Insurance Institute (Idryma Koinonikon Asfaliseon (IKA)) Social Security Organization for the Self-Employed Grenada National Insurance Scheme Guatemala Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social (IGSS) Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social Guernsey Social Security Department Guyana Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security National Insurance Scheme Honduras Instituto de Seguridad Social Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority Social Welfare Department Hungary Országos Nyugdíjbiztosítási Fõigazgatóság (Central Administration of National Pension Insurance) Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) Iceland Financial Supervisory Authority State Social Security Institute India Employees' Provident Fund Organisation Ministry of Labour Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Indonesia Jamsostek (Employees Social Security System) Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration Iran Social Security Organization Ministry of Welfare and Social Security Ireland Department of Social and Family Affairs Pensions Board Isle of Man Social Security Division Israel Ministry of Finance - Capital Markets, Insurance & Savings Division National Insurance Institute Italy Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS) Instituto Nazionale di Previdenza per i Dipendenti dell'Amministrazione Pubblica (National Institute of Social Security for Civil Servants) Pension Funds Supervision Commission (COVIP) for Occupational and Personal Jamaica Ministry of Labour & Social Security Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Jersey Social Security Department Jordan Social Security Corporation Kazakhstan Ministry of Labour and Social Protection State Fund of Social Insurance Kenya Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development Retirement Benefits Authority National Social Security Fund Korea, South National Pension Service Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs Kosovo Kosovo Pension Savings Trust Kuwait Public Institution for Social Security Kyrgyz Republic Ministry of Labour and Social Protection Laos Social Security Organization Latvia Ministry of Welfare State Social Insurance Agency Lebanon National Social Security Fund Ministry of Labor Leshoto Ministry of Labour Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Liechtenstein AHV IV FAK Institutes Liberia National Social Security & Welfare Corperation Libya Social Security Fund Investments Lithuania Ministry of Social Security and Labour State Social Insurance Fund Board Luxembourg Ministère de la Sécurité Sociale Social Security Organizations Social Security Fund Macao Social Security Fund Macedonia Agency for Supervision of Fully Funded Pension Insurance (MAPAS) Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Madagascar Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale Malaysia Ministry of Human Resources Employees Provident Fund Maldives Ministry of Health Ministry of Woman's Affairs and social Security Malta Ministry of Family & Social Solidarity Marshall Islands Social Security Administration Mauritius National Pensions Board Ministry of Social Security, National Solidarity, and Senior Citizens Welfare and Reform Institutions Ministry of Finance Mexico Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) (Mexican Social Security Institute) Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE) (Social Security Institute for Civil Servants) Comision Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social Micronesia Social Security Administration Myanmar Ministry of Labour Moldova Ministry of Social Protection, Family, and Children National Office of Social Insurance Monaco Caisses Sociales de Monaco Mongolia State Social Insurance General Office Morocco Caisse Marocaine des Retraites (Moroccan Retirement Fund) Caisse Interprofessionnelle Marocaine de Retraites Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale (National Social Security Fund) Nepal Ministry of Local Development Employee's Provident Fund Netherlands Nederlandsche Bank (Pensions and Insurance Supervisory Authority) Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Social Insurance Bank) Uitvoering Werknemersverzekeringen (Social Security Agency) Netherlands Antilles Algemeen Pensioenfonds Nederlandse Antillen New Zealand Government Policy on Pre-Funding New Zealand Superannuation Ministry of Economic Development - Insurance and Superannuation Unit Ministry of Social Development - Work and Income Ministry of Social Development New Zealand Superannuation Fund Retirement Commission Nicaragua Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguridad Social (Nicaraguan Social Security Institute) Nigeria Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund National Pension Commission Trustfund Pensions Plc Norway Trygdeetaten Informasjonssider (Social Security Agency Information Pages) Oman Public Authority for Social Insurance Pakistan Employee's Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) Panama Caja de Seguro Social (Social Security Fund) Palau Palau Social Security System Papua New Guinea Bank of Papua New Guinea Paraguay Instituto de Previsión Social Peru Oficina de Normalización Previsional Superintendencia de Banca y Seguros Philippines Philippine Social Security System Poland Ministry of Labor and Social Policy Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) Portugal Caixa Geral de Aposentacoes (CGA) (Civil Servants Pensions Institution) Direcção-Geral dos Regimes da Segurança Social Ministerul Muncii, Solidaritatii Sociale si Familiei Ministry of Health and Social Development Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation Romania Ministry of Labor, Family, and Equal Opportunities National Pension and Social Insurance Fund Russia Pension Fund of the Russian Federation Rwanda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning Samoa National Provident Fund Saudi Arabia General Organization for Social Insurance Senegal L'institution de Prévoyance Retraite du Sénégal (IPRES) Ministry of Public Function, Labor, Employment, and Professional Organizations Seychelles Seychelles Pension Fund Serbia and Montenegro Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy Sierra Leone National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) Singapore Central Provident Fund Slovak Republic Ministerstvo Práce, Socialnych Vecí a Rodiny (Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family) Sociálna Poistovna (Social Insurance Agency) Slovenia Zavod Za Pokojninsko In Invalidsko Zavarovanje Slovenije South Africa Department of Social Development Solomon Islands National Provident Fund Board Spain Ministerio de Administraciones Publicas (Ministry of Public Administrations) Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales (Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs) Mutualidad General de Funcionarios Civiles del Estado (Social Security for Civil Servants) Sri Lanka Employees' Provident Fund St. Kitts and Nevis Social Security Board St. Lucia National Insurance Corporation St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Insurance Services Swaziland National Provident Fund Ministry of Finance Sweden Finansinspektionen (Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) Försäkringskassan (National Social Insurance Administration) Switzerland Assurance-vieillesse et survivants (AVS) et Assurance-invalidité (AI) (Alters-und Hinterlassenenversicherung (AHV) und Invalidenversicherung (IV), Assicurazione-vecchiaia e superstiti (AVS) e Assicurazione invalidità (AI) Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) L’Office fédéral des assurances sociales (Federal Social Insurance Office) Syria Institution of Social Insurance Taiwan Labor Insurance Department of the Council of Labor Affairs Social Affairs Department of the Ministry of the Interior Bureau of Labor Insurance Tanzania Ministry of Labour, Youth & Sports Development National Social Security Fund PPF Pensions Fund Thailand Government Pension Fund Ministry of Labor Trinidad & Tobago National Insurance Board Tunisia Ministère des Affaires Sociales, de la Solidarité et des Tunisiens à l'étranger National Pension and Providence Fund Turkey Bag-Kur (Social Insurance Organisation for the Self-Employed) T.C. Çalisma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanligi (Ministry of Labour and Social Security) Uganda National Social Security Fund Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development Bank of Uganda Ukraine Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Pension Reform in Ukraine United Arab Emirates General Pension & Social Security Authority United Kingdom Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland Department for Work and Pensions HM Revenue & Customs - National Insurance Contributions Isle of Man - Social Security Local Government Pension Division Morris Review of the Actuarial Profession Pensions Regulator United States Social Security Administration SEC Cost Calculator (for Calculation of US Mutual Funds Cost) Thrift Savings Plan Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Uruguay Banco de Previsión Social (Social Insurance Bank) Servicio de Retiros y Pensiones de las Fuerzas Armadas (Armed Forces Retirements & Pensions Service) Ministry of Labor and Social Security Central Bank of Uruguay Vanuatu Provident Fund Board Venezuela Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales (Social Security Institute) Vietnam Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs Uzbekistan Ministry of Labor and Social Security West Bank and Gaza Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Yemen Civil Servants Pension Fund Private Pension Fund Zimbabwe National Social Security Authority Non-Governmental/Academic Asian Development Bank - Social Insurance Association Europeenee des Institutions de Retraites du Secteur Public(European Association of Public Sector Pension Institutions) Asociacion de Instituciones de Inversiones Colectivas y Fondos de Pensiones, Spain Asociacion Gremial de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones, Chile Asociación Internacional de Organismos de Supervisión de Fondos de Pensiones Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Cato Institute - Project on Social Security Choice Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Italy Centre for Pensions and Superannuation (CPS), University of New South Wales, Australia Centro Interamericano de Estudios de Seguridad Social (CIESS) (Inter-American Center for Social Security Studies) Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social (CISS) (Interamerican Conference on Social Security) Web Site of E. Philip Davis Eldis - Ageing Populations Employee Benefit Research Institute, U.S. European Federation for Retirement Provision Federacion Internacional de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (FIAP) (International Federation of Pension Fund Administrators) Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening (FIRST) Initiative Foundation for International Studies on Social Security Global Action on Aging HelpAge International ID21 Society & Economy Research Institute of Retirement Funds of South Africa Institute of Pension Research, Japan Inter-American Development Bank International Association for the Study of the Insurance Economics, Switzerland International Center for Pension Reform International Center for Pension Research, Mexico International Labour Organization (ILO) - Social Security Policy & Development Branch - STEP Programme International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Social Security Reform Project International Pension Research Network International Social Security Association (ISSA) Invest India Economic Foundation Web site of Estelle James Journal of Pension Economics and Finance London School of Economics and Political Science - UBS Pensions Research Programme Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies Mutual Information System on Social Protection in the Member States of the European Union National Academy of Social Insurance Netspar (Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) Organisation for Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Insurance and Pensions OECD Working Paper Series on Insurance and Private Pensions Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford Pensions & Investments Online - International Newspaper of Money Management Pension Reforms - Retirement Policy & Research Centre, University of Auckland Pension Research Council, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Rotman International Centre for Pension Management, University of Toronto UNRISD - Ageing, Development and Social Protection UN Programme on Ageing Vanguard Center for Retirement Research World Bank - Administrative & Civil Service Reform World Bank - Conference on Public Pension Fund Management, Sept. 2001 World Bank - Financial Sector World Bank Institute - Pension Reforms World Health Organization - Ageing and Life Course, Dept. of Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Last updated: 2009-08-04

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