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Private Pensions Series No. 1: Private Pension Systems and Policy Issues
Private Pensions Series No. 1: Private Pension Systems and Policy Issues
Pension systems are changing the world over. Both OECD and non-OECD countries are coming to face the consequences of demographic changes, and some have already embarked on innovative processes of pension reform. In this new environment, employer and personal pension arrangements are expected to gain much prominence. This new OECD series is devoted to improving our understanding of private pension systems worldwide. It will provide an invaluable tool for academics, policy makers and actors in the private sector who will find in it a reference work on the main issues involved in the design, functioning, and regulation of private pension plans. This first volume provides an overview of recent developments in the private pension systems of four OECD countries (Hungary, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States) as well as an analy
Empowering Women as Drivers of Recovery and Growth
The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a profound shock worldwide – its reverberations however are felt differently among men and women. Women are disproportionately affected by the crisis, economically and socially. The same interconnected forces of culture, tradition, history, attitudes, and vested interests have kept women underrepresented in political and other decision-making roles but over-represented in poor quality jobs and roles that concentrate disadvantage and discrimination. Despite the commitments made in Beijing twenty-five years ago to take strategic, bold action in 12 critical areas of concern, and some ensuing progress in these areas, not a single country has achieved gender equality. Furthermore, the crisis risks undoing much of this progress, as seen in the increase in violence against women during the lockdown period.