Social security reform in transition economies : lessons from Kazakhstan / Charles M. Becker [and others].

Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: xviii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Additional Creators: Becker, Charles M., 1954-

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Contents

The road to Kazakhstan's pension and social reform -- The unsustainable welfare state -- The political economy of the reform -- Macroactuarial forecasts -- Kazakhstan's economic transformation, 1989-2007 -- Pension benefits during the transition period -- Performance of pension funds -- Legal aspects of the accumulative pension system -- Regulation of pension funds -- Actuarial forecasts: the reform's distributional consequences -- Lessons for future reformers.

Subject(s)

Social security—Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan—Economic policy—1991-

ISBN

0230607365
9780230607361

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-270) and index.

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