Documentos e informes
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Pension reform in Hungary : a preliminary assessment (Inglés)
Hungary is entering the fourth year of a multi-pillar pension reform that has proved popular among workers despite initially lukewarm support from the government that succeeded the reforming government...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS2631 Fecha del documento: 31 de julio de 2001 Autor: Rocha, Roberto,Vittas, Dimitri
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The Swiss multi-pillar pension system : triumph of common sense? (Inglés)
The authors provide a detailed study of the Swiss pension system, analyzing its strengths and weaknesses. The unfunded public pillar is highly redistributive. It has near universal coverage, a low dispersion...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS2416 Fecha del documento: 31 de agosto de 2000 Autor: Queisser, Monika,Vittas, Dimitri
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Bank regulation and the network paradigm : policy implications for developing and transition economies (Inglés)
Current issues in banking policy range from the need to construct basic institutions and incentive structures in transition economies, to the challenges posed by the increasingly complex interactions involved...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS1631 Fecha del documento: 31 de agosto de 1996 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Honohan, Patrick,Vittas, Dimitri
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Credit policies : lessons from East Asia (Inglés)
Directed credit programs were a major tool of development in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s, their usefulness was reconsidered. Experience in most countries showed that they stimulated capital-intensive...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS1458 Fecha del documento: 31 de mayo de 1995 Autor: Vittas, Dimitri,Yoon Je Cho
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Pension funds in Central Europe and Russia : their prospects and potential role in corporate governance (Inglés)
Social pension systems in most countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union face severe financial pressure. Aging populations are increasing that pressure, which stems mainly from in thesign...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS1459 Fecha del documento: 31 de mayo de 1995 Autor: Vittas, Dimitri,Michelitsch, Roland
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Policy-based finance, financial regulation, and financial sector development in Japan (Inglés)
The authors state the Japanese government's role in creating a macroeconomic and financial environment conducive to rapid industrialization went beyond maintaining price stability. The government created...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS1443 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 1995 Autor: Vittas, Dimitri,Akihiko Kawaura
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Corporate governance in Central Europe and Russia : pension funds in Central Europe and Russia : their prospects and potential role in corporate governance (Inglés)
Social pension systems in most countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union face severe financial pressure. The authors describe the features of the pension systems that have led to the current...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 14860 Fecha del documento: 31 de enero de 1995 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Vittas, Dimitri,Michelitsch, Roland
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Competition and efficiency in Hungarian banking (Inglés)
Banking reform started much earlier in Hungary than in other socialist countries and Hungary now has by far the most advanced system among transitional socialist economies. The authors discuss recent trends...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS1010 Fecha del documento: 31 de octubre de 1992 Autor: Vittas, Dimitri,Neal, Craig
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The rationale and performance of personal pension plans in Chile (Inglés)
Many developing countries, especially in Latin America and Eastern Europe, have unfunded pay-as-you-go public pension systems that face growing financial pressures. These emanate from a weak link between...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS867 Fecha del documento: 29 de febrero de 1992 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Vittas, Dimitri,Iglesias, Augusto
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Financial regulation : changing the rules of the game (Inglés)
This paper is a brief history of financial regulation. The removal and relaxation of controls on credit and interest rates in the 1980s and the growing emphasis on prudential controls is highlighted. Three...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS803 Fecha del documento: 30 de noviembre de 1991 Autor: Long, Millard,Vittas, Dimitri