First Forum on Europe
DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
The impact of ageing on public expenditure: Projections for the EU25 Member States on pensions, health care, long-term care, education and unemployment transfers (2004-2050)
Report prepared by the Economic Policy Committee and the European Commission (DG ECFIN) - February 2006
Current and Prospective Replacement Rates
Report by the Indicators Sub-Group (ISG) of the Social Protection Committee (SPC), European Commission; 19/05/2006
Security in retirement: towards a new pensions system
White paper by the Department for Work and Pensions, UK Government; May 2006
Social Security Financial Outlook: The 2006 Update in Perspective
by Alicia Munnell; Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, Issue in Brief 46 (May 2006); a summary of the Social Security Trustees's 2006 report on the financial outlook of the US social security system.
Pension Reform and the Development of Pension Systems. An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance
A report released by an independent evaluation group on the quality and effectiveness of the World Bank's assistance to pension reforms in several countries, between 1984 and 2004. February 2, 2006.
pensions_evaluation_world bank.pdf (PDF document — 3739 KB )
Mid-long term trends for the pension and health care systems – Summary and conclusions
The forecasts of the Department of General Accounts updated to 2005
Pensions in the Italian electoral programs
Comments on: the proposal of reducing the labor costs through a five-point cut in the tax wedge; the proposal of raising the basic pension to €800 (Italian only)
[...] Synthesis report on adequate and sustainable pensions (SEC(2006)304, 27/02/2006)
European Commission's report based on the national strategy reports issued by each Member State: synthesis, country fiches and technical annex