Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview and preliminary policy guidance / David A. Robalino and Robert Holzmann -- Measuring the coverage gap / Alvaro Forteza, Leonardo Lucchetti, and Montserrat Pallares-Miralles -- Pensions and old-age poverty / Stephen Kidd and Edward Whitehouse -- Rights-based approach to social security coverage expansion / Krzysztof Hagemejer -- Social pensions in low-income countries / Armando Barrientos -- Social pensions in four middle-income countries / Mukul G. Asher -- Social pensions in high-income countries / Mark Pearson and Edward Whitehouse -- Pension coverage in Japan / Noriyuki Takayama -- The role of social pensions in the Republic of Korea / Hyungpyo Moon -- Incentive effects of retirement income transfers / John Piggott, David A. Robalino, and Sergi Jimenez-Martin -- Financing social pensions / Alain Jousten -- Defining eligibility for social pensions : a view from a social assistance perspective / Margaret Grosh and Phillippe G. Leite -- Matching defined contributions : a way to increase pension coverage / Robert Palacious and David A. Robalino -- Administration of social pension programs / Oleksiy Sluchynsky.