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Pension and Social Security Schemes in Pakistan: Some Policy Options

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  • Naushin Mahmood

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad)

  • Zafar Mueen Nasir

    (Policy Planning Cell, Labour and Manpower Division, Islamabad)

Abstract

An examination of the public pension and social security schemes in Pakistan reveals that the provision of regular pensions is limited to formal sector employees only. A number of social security schemes that are operational in the public and private sectors cover a small proportion of old-age population, whereas a significant proportion of the elderly population working in the informal sector remains largely unprotected by social security schemes. As such, the challenge of meeting the needs of the increasing elderly population demands an improvement of the support base and social security system in Pakistan that emphasises the need to implement reforms of public pensions and programmes of social protection. Efficient deployment of resources and improvement of the governance structure are needed for effective welfare of the eligible sub-group of the elderly and the economically disadvantaged population.

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  • Naushin Mahmood & Zafar Mueen Nasir, 2008. "Pension and Social Security Schemes in Pakistan: Some Policy Options," PIDE-Working Papers 2008:42, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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    1. Joubert, Clement & Kanth, D Priyanka, 2022. "Life Cycle Savings in a High-Informality Setting—Evidence from Pakistan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10121, The World Bank.
    2. Muhammad Irfan, 2010. "A Review of the Labour Market Research at PIDE 1957-2009," PIDE Books, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, number 2010:1 edited by Rashid Amjad & Aurangzeb A. Hashmi.
    3. Yoonyoung Cho & David Robalino, 2012. "Labor Market Policies under a Youth Bulge : How to Benefit from Demographic Dividend in Pakistan," World Bank Publications - Reports 17874, The World Bank Group.
    4. Joubert, Clement & Kanth, Priyanka, 2025. "Life Cycle Saving in a High-Informality Setting," IZA Discussion Papers 17876, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions

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