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Private Pensions and Income Security in Old Age: An Uncertain Future -- Conference Report [PDF]
By all measures the private pension system in Canada is in difficulty. One estimate suggests that at the end of 2005 there were significant funding shortfalls in about three quarters of the traditional defined benefit pension plans that fall under ...
Martin Hering, Michael Kpessa
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State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines state capacity and path dependence in the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Cape Verde, focussing on the performance and governance of the Court of Auditors. Drawing on a mixed‐methods longitudinal design covering the period from 2010 to 2024, the analysis combines international governance indicators, documentary analysis,
Ana Lúcia Romão
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Macroeconomic Effects of Social Security Privatization in a Small Unionized Economy [PDF]
This paper analyses the effects of a pension system privatization in a unionized economy. Using an overlapping-generations framework we show that in an environment characterized by unemployment, a reform towards a private pension system in the steady ...
Antonis Adam
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. This paper examines the conflict around the management of the X. fastidiosa outbreak affecting olive trees in southern Italy.
Fabio Gatti +2 more
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Should the basic state pension be a contributory benefit? [PDF]
The basic state retirement pension is payable irrespective of means but it is a contributory benefit, not a universal benefit. Individuals who do not have enough National Insurance contributions when they reach state pension age are not entitled to a ...
Gary Stears, Paul Johnson
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Respirology, EarlyView.A discrete choice experiment of lung cancer screening attributes. Study results demonstrate that lung cancer screening uptake could be significantly increased by offering program navigators and personalised invitations. The findings contribute significant insights to inform future improvements to the design and implementation of the Australian National
Peiwen Jiang +10 more
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Increasing National Pension Premium Defaulters and Dropouts in Japan [PDF]
This paper investigates why so many people are premium payment defaulters or dropouts from the national pension system using household-level data from a Japanese Government Survey.
Suzuki, Wataru, Zhou, Yanfei
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From ESG to Sustainable Development: A Path Designed for the Triple Helix Spheres
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This work examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives and sustainable development (SD), highlighting a scientific gap in their effective connection. It aims to propose a framework with recommendations for promoting SD through ESG, considering the governmental, business, and academic spheres from ...
Elen Cristina Bravos Giupponi +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study develops and tests a novel prioritization framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under varying geographic scales (regional, sub‐regional, national), focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a pilot case.
Lea Issa, Mutasem El Fadel
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Funded pension schemes: Economic effects and policy implications [PDF]
This paper reviews alternative pension systems and examines the arguments in favour of funded pension schemes. The benefits of the latter derive mainly from long-term economic efficiency gains rather than from the immediate relief of pressures on the ...
Grech, Aaron George
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