Closing the coverage gap :  role of social pensions and other retirement income transfers the/ 
Robert Holzmann, David A. Robalino, Noriuki Takayama, editors. 
 - Washington, DC :  World Bank,  2009. 
 - xv, 225 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780821379714 (alk. paper) 0821379712 (alk. paper) 9780821379806 (electronic bk.) 0821379801 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009015188 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Old age pensions--Government policy.<br/>Retirement income--Government policy.<br/>Social security.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD7105.3  / .C56 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.252  / CLC