Funded and private pensions
Private Pensions Series No. 4
The first conference of the International Network of Pensions Regulators and Supervisors (INPRS) was held on 23-26 April 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria, and comprised:
the Regional Conference on Private Pensions in Central and Eastern European Countries and the New Independent States;
the Workshop on Pension Reform in the Baltic States;
the Research Network of the INPRS.
This conference was hosted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Bulgaria, and sponsored by the OECD, USAID, the East-West Management Institute and Watson Wyatt.
The International Network of Pensions Regulators and Supervisors was established by the representatives of pension regulatory and supervisory authorities from OECD Member and non-member countries on the occasion of the OECD Forum on Private Pensions organised in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2000.
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