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Public Pension Funding in Practice [PDF]

Public pension funding has recently become a front-burner policy issue in the wake of the financial crisis and given the pending retirement of large numbers of baby boomers.
Jean-Pierre Aubry, Alicia H. Munnell, Laura Quinby   +2 more
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Supporting Sustainability Through Pensions: The Sustainability Preferences of Pension Beneficiaries in the United Kingdom Defined Contributions Pension Schemes

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pension funds are the largest combined institutional investors in the world. The integration of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) criteria into defined contribution (DC) pension investments by pension funds can result in sustainable pensions that are in line with pension beneficiary preferences and help achieve Sustainable Development
Doran Bairbre, Morse Stephen, Wehrmeyer Walter, Chenoweth Jonathan, Jonathan Williams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pension reform in the UK : re-casting the public/private mix in pension provision 1997-2000

, 2002
The UK is one of the few countries in Europe that is not facing a serious pension crisis. The reasons for this are straight forward: state pensions (both in terms of replacement ratio and as a proportion of average earnings) are among the lowest in ...
Fawcett, Helen
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Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
wiley   +1 more source

The Origins and Severity of the Public Pension Crisis [PDF]

There has been considerable attention given in recent months to the shortfalls faced by state and local pension funds. Using the current methodology of assessing pension obligations, the shortfalls sum to nearly $1 trillion.
Dean Baker
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Achieving Carbon Neutrality Through Green Supply Chain Management, Eco‐Innovation, and Green Energy: The Moderating Effect of Green Finance

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 9, 12, and 13, centered on affordable clean energy, industrial innovation, responsible production, and climate action, has gained momentum across Latin American economies. However, the region continues to face the dual challenge of achieving economic growth while mitigating rising carbon ...
Agyemang Kwasi Sampene, Sami Ullah, Ugur Korkut Pata   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why and how is private equity involved in assisted living community development and operations? [PDF]

Health Aff Sch
Carder P, Dys S, Kohon JN, Bowblis JR, Singh Y, Huang SS, Bunker JN, Smith L, Rahman M, Thomas KS.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Supervising mandatory funded pension systems: issues and challenges

The regulation and supervision of pension funds is a critical part of building public confidence in a funded-pension system. This paper argues that confidence is best bolstered by an independent, autonomous and transparent supervision agency ...
Demarco, Gustavo, Rofman, Rafael, Whitehouse, Edward   +2 more
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Pension reform in China - a case study

, 2006
China is a relatively young country now, but about to undergo a remarkable demographic transformation in the near future. Despite foreseeable dramatic demographic changes, the current retirement system in China is badly structured, and not able to ...
Hu, YW
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THE ROLE OF NON-STATE PENSION FUNDS IN THE FORMATION OF PENSION SAVINGS OF CITIZENS OF UKRAINE

Black Sea Economic Studies, 2020
Iryna Pryimak, Vladyslava Matskova
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