Featured Event

World Bank Core Course on Pensions, November 9-20, 2009, Washington, DC
This course aims to provide policymakers, pension fund administrators and other key stakeholders involved in pension policy and implementation with an overview of the latest thinking about pension design and management as well as a review of lessons from recent pension reforms around the world. The program combines in-depth analysis of public pension reform and management issues with country case studies and country reform exercises.

Recent Publications

Pensions at a Glance: Special Asia/Pacific Edition (4.56mb pdf)
This study presents a range of indicators to enable comparisons between the countries of the Asia/Pacific region. It also includes data for key countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It builds on the OECD’s Pensions at a Glance reports, published in 2005 and 2007, which looked at the 30 OECD member countries.

Closing the Coverage Gap: Role of Social Pension & Other Retirement Income Transfers
The publication has four specific objectives: (a) to discuss the role of retirement income transfers in the context of a strategy for expanding old-age income security and preventing poverty among the elderly; (b) to take stock of international experience with the design and implementation of these programs; (c) to identify key policy issues that need to receive attention during the design and implementation phases; and (d) to offer some preliminary policy recommendations and propose next steps. The chapter one discusses the rationale for retirement income transfers.