The two-week Pensions Core Course builds on the latest developments to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the conceptual and practical issues involved in the development of pension and social security programs and linkages to social protection and labor systems. A variety of learning methods will be used, including presentations, round table discussions, simulation games, hands-on computer assisted exercises and group work.
The Pensions Core Course was held concurrently with a similar Core Courses on Social Safety Nets and Delivery and Jobs, Labor and Migration.
Day 1 – Monday, Oct 28
1. Welcome and Framing Social Protection and Jobs Agenda
Michal Rutkowski, Margaret Grosh [Presentation]
2. Protecting All: Risk Sharing for a Diverse and Diversifying World of Work
Ugo Gentilini [Presentation], Gustavo Demarco [Presentation], Michael Weber [Presentation], Truman Packard [Presentation] Moderator: Michal Rutkowski
3. Political Economy Factors in Social Protection Reform and Implementation
Moderator: Margaret Grosh
4. Hot Topics in Social Protection Implementation
ID and Social Registries: Tina George [Presentation]
G2P Payments: Robert Palacios [Presentation]
Data Protections: David Satola [Presentation]
Human Centered Design: John Blomquist [Presentation]
Using Behavioral Economics to Boost Impacts: Laura Rawlings [Presentation]
Moderator: Margaret Grosh
Day 2 – Tuesday, Oct 29
1. Pensions systems: Old Challenges and the Changing Nature of Work
Gustavo Demarco [Presentation]
2. Contributory Pension and Social Security Systems Design
Edward Whitehouse and Robert Palacios [Presentation]
3. Paying for Pensions: Challenges and benefits of Payroll tax financing, pre-funding, and Funded Defined-Contribution Schemes
Edward Whitehouse and Anita Schwarz [Presentation]
Day 3 – Wednesday, Oct. 30
1. Pension Reversals in Central and Eastern Europe
Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak [Presentation]
2. Supplementary Occupational and Individual Pension Schemes
Richard Hinz and Mark Davis [Presentation]
3. Government Stewardship of Elder care – Home Care, Institutional Care and Community Care
Elena Glinskaya [Presentation]
Day 4 – Thursday, Oct. 31
1. Civil Service Pension Systems
Mark Dorfman [Presentation]
2. Civil Service Pension Reform: The Experience of the US Thrift Savings Plan
Renee Wilder Guerin [Presentation]
3. Political Economy of Pension Reforms
Kent Weaver [Presentation]
Discussant: Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak
Day 5 – Friday, Nov. 1
1. Pension regulation and Supervision
Richard Hinz and Fiona Stewart [Presentation]
2. Framework for Pension Investment Management
Gabriel Petre [Presentation]
3. Maximizing Returns & Diversifying risk in Countries with Small, Thin or Poorly Developed Capital Markets
Gabriel Petre and Ekaterina Gratcheva [Presentation]
Day 6 – Monday, Nov 4
1. PROST Intro, Objectives, Inputs, Outputs, Interpreting the Results
Miglena Abels, Mitchell Weiner, Montserrat Pallares, Sergiy Biletskyy and Marola Castillo Quinto [Presentation] [DOC]
2. PROST (Cont.)
Miglena Abels, Mitchell Weiner, Montserrat Pallares, Sergiy Biletskyy and Marola Castillo Quinto [Presentation]
Day 7 – Tuesday, Nov 5
1. Pension Savings and Micro-Pensions Innovations in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Melis Guven and Ernesto Brodersohn [PPT1] [PPT2]
2. Building and Strengthening Identification Systems for Social Insurance
Robert Palacios [Presentation]
3. Data and Payment Systems - Lessons from India, Uganda, Kenya and Mexico
Rodrigo Assumpcao [Presentation], Oleksiy Sluchynsky, Robert Palacios and Ernesto Brodersohn [Presentation]
Day 8 – Wednesday, Nov 6
1. Pensions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Anita Schwarz and Melis Guven [Presentation]
2. Payout Options for Multipillar Pension Schemes
Mitchell Weiner [Presentation], Gonzalo Reyes and Oleksiy Sluchynsky [Presentation]
3. Social Protection Policy and Program Analysis - Using Household Survey Data to assess Welfare, Poverty and Program efficiency and effectiveness
Claudia Rodriguez, [Presentation] Oleksiy Ivaschenko [Presentation]
Day 9 – Thursday, Nov 7
1. Case Study of Pensions and Elderly Assistance: Mexico Using Micro Data to Assess Developmental Impact
Clemente Avila Para [Presentation]
2. Excellence in Social Security Administration
Oleksiy Sluchynsky [Presentation], Raul Ruggia-Frick [Presentation]
3. Excellence in Social Security Administration (cont'd) - Pension Data and Standards of Personal Data Protection
David Satola [Presentation], Rodrigo Assumpcao [Presentation]
Day 10 – Friday, Nov 8
1. Insights into Fiscal Challenges and Outcomes: Case Study of The Illinois State Pension System
Mark Dorfman [Presentation] [DOC]