Social security reform in transition economies: lessons from Kazakhstan
Becker, Charles M.
This book examines social security reform in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, with a focus on lessons for late reformers such as China and Russia. INDICE: The Road to Kazakhstan's Pension and Social Reform - The Unsustainable Welfare State - The Political Economy of the Reform - Macro-Actuarial Forecasts - Kazakhstan Today: A Brief Economic History - Social Security Benefit Structure in the Reformed System - The Accumulative System after Nine Years ofReform - Legal Aspects of the Accumulation Pension System - Administering an Accumulation Pension System: Practical Issues - Actuarial Forecasts: The Reform's Distributional Consequences - Remaining Problems - Kazakhstan in Contrast with Other Reformers - Lessons for Future Reformers - Remaining Tasks
- ISBN: 978-0-230-60736-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 20/02/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés