01872cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015302 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513568331 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Soto, Mauricio. Pension Reforms in Mauritius : Fair and Fast-Balancing Social Protection and Fiscal Sustainability / Mauricio Soto, Vimal Thakoor, Martin Petri. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (24 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 Despite important past reforms, the ageing population of Mauritius threatens the sustainability of its pension system. This paper examines how pension spending might increase without reforms and discusses reforms options. The findings suggest that unifying the retirement age and indexing it to life expectancy would contribute most significantly to secure and sustainable pensions. The poverty reducing objective of the universal pension can be improved by better targeting. The old age protection objective of the National Pension Fund could be strengthened by increasing contribution and replacement rates. Implementing changes faster should result in less drastic future changes and fairer outcomes. Mode of access: Internet Petri, Martin. Thakoor, Vimal. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/126 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2015/126/001.2015.issue-126-en.xml IMF e-Library