01739cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009999 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451954159 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Pension Policies in the OECD Countries : Background and Trends. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1988. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Concerns about restructuring old-age income provisions and reforming public pension schemes are an OECD-wide phenomenon. This paper highlights first the background of the reform debate. Despite the divergences in the structure of public pension schemes, the main pressures for reform are strikingly similar across the OECD area and thus can be discussed under three broad headings: budgetary, economic, and social. The reform trends are presented in the second part of the paper and highlight the central features of the current reform process: reform, not revolution, extension of basic provisions; strengthening social adequacy and individual equity; and redistributing the sources of old-age income. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1988/085 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1988/085/001.1988.issue-085-en.xml IMF e-Library