Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes

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21336: Beneficiary assessment manual for social funds

Lawrence F. Salmen

21335: Coordinating poverty alleviation programs with regional and local governments: the experience of the Chilean Social Fund - FOSIS

Jorge C. Barrientos

21334: Uncertainty about children's survival and fertility: a test using Indian microdata

Vincenzo Atella and Furio Rosati

21333: Helping the poor manage risk better: the role of social funds

Steen Lau Jorgensen and Julie Van Domelen

21325: Improving regulations and supervision of pension funds: are there lessons from the Banking Sector?

Roberto Rocha, Richard Hinz and Joaquin Gutierrez

21324: An asset-based approach to social risk management: a conceptual framework

Paul B. Siegel and Jeffrey Alwang

21315: Poverty and disability: a survey of the literature

Ann Elwan

21312: Pension reform, financial literacy and public information: a case study of the United Kingdom

Edward Whitehouse

21311: Managing public pension reserves - Part I: evidence from the international experience

Augusto Iglesias and Robert Palacios

21303: Extending coverage in multi-pillar pension systems: constraints and hypotheses, preliminary evidence and future research agenda

Robert Holzmann, Truman Packard and Jose Cuesta

21302: Notional accounts as a pension reform strategy: an evaluation

Richard Disney

20852: Shaping pension reform in Poland: security through diversity

Agnieszka Chlon, Marek Góra and Michal Rutkowski

20851: Pension plans and retirement incentives

Richard Disney and Edward Whitehouse

20850: Latvian pension reform

Louise Fox and Edward Palmer

20849: OECD public pension programmes in crisis: an evaluation of the reform options

Richard Disney

20848: The pension system in Singapore

Mukul G. Asher

20847: Risks in pensions and annuities: efficient designs

Salvador Valdés

20818: Migration from the Russian north during the transition period

Timothy Heleniak

20817: Labor markets and poverty in Bulgaria

Jan J. Rutkowski

20533: Taking stock of pension reforms around the world

Anita M. Schwarz and Asli Demirguc-Kunt

20456: Child labor and schooling in Africa: a comparative study

R. Sudharshan Canagarajah and Helena Nielsen

20131: Evaluating the impact of active labor programs: results of cross country studies in Europe and Central Asia

David H. Fretwell, Jacob Benus and Christopher O'Leary

20130: Safety nets in transition economics: toward a reform strategy

Emily S. Andrews and Dena Ringold

20129: Public service employment: a review of programs in selected OECD countries and transition economies

Sandra Wilson and David H. Fretwell

20127: Unemployment and unemployment protection in three groups of countries

Wayne Vroman

20126: The tax treatment of funded pensions

Edward Whitehouse

20125: Russia's social protection malaise: key reform priorities as a response to the present crisis

Rutkowski, Michael [editor]

20124: Causalities between social capital and social funds

Jesper Kammersgaard

20122: Collecting and transferring pension contributions

Rafael Rofman and Gustavo Demarco

20121: Optimal unemployment insurance: a guide to the literature

Edi Karni

20120: The effects of legislative change on female labour supply: marriage and divorce, child and spousal support, property division and pension splitting

Antony Dnes

20119: Social protection as social risk management: conceptual underpinnings for the social protection sector strategy paper

Robert Holzmann and Steen Jorgensen

20118: A bundle of joy or an expensive luxury: a comparative analysis of the economic environment for family formation in Western Europe

Pierella Paci

20116: Active labor market programs: a review of the evidence from evaluations

Amit Dar and Zafiris Tzannatos

20114: Child labor and school enrollment in Thailand in the 1990s

Zafiris Tzannatos

20113: Supervising mandatory funded pension systems: issues and challenges

Gustavo DeMarco, Rafael Rofman and Edward Whitehouse

20112: Getting an earful: a review of beneficiary assessments of social funds

Daniel Owen and Julie Van Domelen

20111: The quest for pension reform: Poland's security through diversity

Marek Góra and Michal Rutkowski

20110: Family allowances

Suzanne Roddis and Zafiris Tzannatos

20109: The role of choice in the transition to a funded pension system

Robert Palacios and Edward Whitehouse

20107: An alternative technical education system: a case study of Mexico

Kye Woo Lee

20106: Unemployment benefits

Zafiris Tzannatos and Suzanne Roddis

20053: Pension reform in Britain

Edward Whitehouse

20052: Financing the transition to multipillar

Robert Holzmann

20051: Women and labor market changes in the global economy: growth helps, inequalities hurt, and public policy matters

Zafiris Tzannatos

20050: A World Bank perspective on pension reform

Robert Holzmann

20049: Government guarantees on pension fund returns

Pennacchi and George Pennacchi

20048: The Hungarian pension system in transition

Robert Palacios and Roberto Rocha

20047: Building an environment for pension reform in developing countries

Olivia Mitchell

20046: Export processing zones: a review in need of update

Takayoshi Kusago and Zafiris Tzannatos

20045: World Bank lending for labor markets: 1991 to 1996

Amit Dar and Zafiris Tzannatos