All IPE articles in January 1998 (Magazine)
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Features
Funding's advantages over pay-as-you-go
Systems of retirement-income provision are facing a crisis in many OECD countries as a consequence of the ageing of the population combined with generous social security promises. The vast increases in contributions required in the future to make such systems sustainable demonstrate the scale of imbalances. This has led to ...
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Features
Scottish bill
Scotland’s local authorities will have to find an extra £190m ($304m) in coming years because of over use of early retirement, according to a report by the Accounts Commission, which audits spending by Scotland’s public bodies. It says that the recent re-organisation of local government saw councils using early retirement ...
