Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas

by Stephen J. Kay and Pension Reseach Council

Latin American experiments with pension reform began when Chile converted its public pay-as-you-go system to a system of private individual accounts in 1981. In the 1990s, several other countries followed suit, inspired both by Chile's reforms and World Bank recommendations that stressed adopting compulsory government-mandated individual savings accounts. Following the lead of Latin America, individual accounts were subsequently introduced in a number...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199226806
• ISBN13: 9780199226801
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 2.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"