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Pension reform, the stock market, capital formation and economic growth: A critical commentary on the World Bank's proposals

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  • Ajit Singh

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Proposing far‐reaching reforms to pension systems, the World Bank has recently suggested that the existing pay‐as‐you‐go systems in many rich as well as poor countries should be replaced by fully funded, mandatory, preferably private pensions, as the main pillars of the new system. It argues that these reforms will not only benefit pensioners but also enhance savings, and promote capital formation and economic development. This paper provides a critical examination of the Bank's theses and concludes that it has adopted a one‐sided view of the relationships between the key critical variables. The proposed reform may therefore neither protect the old nor achieve faster economic growth.

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  • Ajit Singh, 1996. "Pension reform, the stock market, capital formation and economic growth: A critical commentary on the World Bank's proposals," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 49(3), pages 21-43, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:49:y:1996:i:3:p:21-43
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.1996.tb01108.x
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    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General

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