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Administrative charges for funded pensions: An international comparison and assessment

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Pension fund charges reduce the rate of return on pension accounts in some countries by up to by two percentage points. Do charges of this scale undermine the case for funded pension provision? How can governments hold back costs and charges?
Whitehouse, Edward
core  

Costa Rican pension system : options for reform [PDF]

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The Costa Rican Social Insurance Fund - the country's main social security institution - was established in 1941 to provide compulsory social insurance coverage for employees, through old-age, disability, and survivor pensions, as well as sickness and ...
Schwarz, Anita, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
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Agro‐Industrial Enclosures: Food Security, Land Consolidation and Rural Displacement in China

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines rural enclosures for industrialized agriculture as a window into the local political economy and territorial politics underlying projects of agricultural modernization. In recent years, agro‐industrial parks with ‘characteristic’ industries have proliferated in China as the government viewed it as a technical solution to ...
Karita Kan
wiley   +1 more source

From Social Justice to Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Continuities and (Re)framings in Ejido Property Claims in Yucatán, Mexico

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how long‐standing local conflicts concerning the nature of common property, the distribution of access and administrative rights associated with it, and more broadly the nature of the community and the forms of citizenship that organise its governance shape demands for justice regarding land transfers to outside investors
Eric Léonard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate change knowledge, concerns and experiences in secondary school learners in South Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesJamba, 2022
Kutywayo A   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Self‐Care Experiences and Support Needs of Community‐Dwelling Older Adults With Multimorbidity: A Qualitative Study Informed by the Caring Life‐Course Theory

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore how community‐dwelling older adults with multimorbidity experience, enact and navigate daily self‐care using the Caring Life‐Course Theory to identify opportunities for strengthening self‐care and self‐management support. Design Qualitative descriptive study.
Michael T. Lawless   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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