October 2018

05Oct

The Experts’ War on Poverty: Social Research and the Welfare Agenda in Postwar America (American Institutions and Society)

By Romain D. Huret,‎ John Angell In the critically acclaimed La Fin de la Pauverté, Romain D. Huret identifies a network of experts who were dedicated to the post-World War II battle against poverty in the United States. John Angell’s translation of Huret’s work brings to light for an English-speaking audience this critical set of intellectuals working in federal government, academic institutions, and think tanks. Their efforts to create a policy bureaucracy to support federal socio-economic action spanned from the...

October 5, 2018
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05Oct

Statistical, Mapping and Digital Approaches in Healthcare

By Gilles Maignant,‎ Pascal Staccini Statistical, Mapping and Digital Approaches in Healthcare addresses all health territories, starting from the analysis of geographical data (health data, population data, health data systems and environmental data), to new health areas (Health 3.0), i.e. digital health territories. Specific tools are used to question environmental changes, such as health statistics, mapping, mathematical models, optimization models and serious games. Uniquely combines the approaches of mathematicians, geographers and physician to the analysis of health territories Presents views that...

October 5, 2018
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05Oct

Counting the Oil Money and the Elderly: Norway's Public Sector Balance Sheet

By Ezequiel Cabezon (University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill), Christian Henn (International Monetary Fund) Based on a permanent income analysis, Gagnon (2018) has prominently suggested that Norwayhas saved too much, thereby free-riding on the rest of the world for demand. Our public sectorbalance sheet analysis comes to the opposite conclusion, chiefly because it also accounts forfuture aging costs. Unsurprisingly, we find that Norway's current assets exceed its liabilities bysome 340 percent of mainland GDP. But its nonoil fiscal...

October 5, 2018
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05Oct

Counting the Oil Money and the Elderly: Norway’s Public Sector Balance Sheet

By Ezequiel Cabezon (University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill), Christian Henn (International Monetary Fund) Based on a permanent income analysis, Gagnon (2018) has prominently suggested that Norwayhas saved too much, thereby free-riding on the rest of the world for demand. Our public sectorbalance sheet analysis comes to the opposite conclusion, chiefly because it also accounts forfuture aging costs. Unsurprisingly, we find that Norway's current assets exceed its liabilities bysome 340 percent of mainland GDP. But its nonoil fiscal...

October 5, 2018
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05Oct

Survey of the Kenyan Private Equity and Venture Capital Landscape

By Shanthi Divakaran (World Bank), Patrick McGinnis (World Bank), Sam Schneider (Independent) This paper discusses the landscape for private equity and venture capital financing in Kenya. It provides an overview of the private equity and venture capital market in the country, describing key players, including funds, fund managers, investors, and public sector entities. The paper provides an analysis of key market drivers and impediments, as well as legal/regulatory/taxation drivers and impediments that affect Kenya's private equity and venture capital industry. ...

October 5, 2018
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05Oct

Life Quality and Health Costs in Late Retirement

By Yuanshan Cheng (Winthrop University), Philip Gibson (Winthrop University), Tao Guo (William Paterson University) Individuals are living longer due to the advancement of medical technology and nutrition quality. Are the elderly enjoying retirement in those extended years with good quality of life, or, are they simply alive? Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Consumption and Activities Mail Survey (CAMS), this study contributes to the literature by presenting empirical evidence on how individuals spend time in...

October 5, 2018
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04Oct

Perú. SBS ve viable que límite a inversiones de AFP en el exterior suba hasta 80%

Hasta ahora aumento del límite para invertir en el exterior ha significado más rentabilidad y menor volatilidad para fondos de AFP. Mayor relajación de esos topes debe pasar por el Congreso. Una de las propuesta regulatorias para mejorar el desempeño de los fondos de pensiones que hoy “se cae de madura”, es seguir ampliando el límite que tienen las AFP para invertir en el exterior. Así lo señaló Jorge Mogrovejo, superintendente adjunto de AFP de la SBS, quien estimó que esa...

October 4, 2018
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04Oct

México. Da Congreso luz verde al gobierno estatal para pagar adeudo al ISSSTE

En sesión de la Comisión de Hacienda se desechó la petición para que se diera marcha atrás a esa autorización que ya había dado la legislatura anterior. La iniciativa para dejar sin efecto el pago programado de mil 295 millones de pesos, adeudados en el Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro, como uno de los componentes del pasivo educativo, quedó desechada al menos dentro de la comisión legislativa de Hacienda del Estado. Ese decreto había sido aprobado en sesión plenaria de...

October 4, 2018
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04Oct

Perú. Sancionarán a funcionarios ediles y regionales que no aporten a AFP

Desde el próximo año la Contraloría General de la República sancionará hasta con la inhabilitación de por vida a los funcionares ediles y regiones que retengan el pago de AFP a sus trabajadores y no los abonen en las respectivas cuentas individuales, informó hoy la Asociación de AFP. “La Contraloría incorporará el próximo año como acción de fiscalización si los funcionarios cumplieron o no con el abono de los aportes previsionales”, manifestó la presidenta de la Asociación de Administradoras de...

October 4, 2018
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04Oct

Kazakhstan: Pension plans darken a grim picture

The government appears eager to shed an onerous and unrewarding responsibility: managing its citizens’ pensions. Authorities in Kazakhstan are set once again to tinker with how pension funds are managed. And if social media and news website comment boards are any indication, people are livid. Since 2013, pension contributions have been held in an entity called the Single Accumulated Savings Fund, or ENPF in its Russian initials. The fund comprises 10 million accounts worth a total of 9 trillion tenge ($25...

October 4, 2018
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