Costa Rica : a pension reform strategy
Costa Rica ' s present social security system contains many inequitable characteristics, including the fact that the highest ratio of benefits to contributions goes to workers with only 20 years of covered employment, while those who contribute for longer get a lower rate of return. In addition...
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Washington, D.C.
World Bank
2000
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Table of Contents:
- Contenido: Introduction
- 1. Costa Rica's old age insurance system and the need for reform
- 2. Reforming the public pillar
- 3. Introducing a multi-pillar system
- 4. How to get there: caveats, choices and transitions
- 5. Conclusions
- Annex 1: Simulation assumptions and results
- Annex 2: The mutual fund and voluntary pension fund industry in Costa Rica
- Annex 3: An illustrative option for the design of the second pillar
- Annex 4: Table on Latin American pension reforms: comparison of key characteristics