Closing the Coverage Gap (English, Robert Holzmann | David A. Robalino | Noriyuki Takayama)

About the Book

In high-income countries, the percent of the population covered under mandatory old-age pension programs is typically high but often incomplete; in low- and middle-income countries, coverage is low and even stagnant. At the same time, older people are less able to rely on family and community support as a result of growing urbanization and migration. And low-income workers and the poor simply cannot save enough to prepare for their old age. As a…

ISBN: 9780821379714