World Bank Pension Core Course. The Design and Implementation of Old Age Income Protection Programs

This two-week "core course" aims to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the conceptual and practical issues involved in the design and implementation of pension and social security programs and linkages to Social Protection systems. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about, present and discuss challenging issues concerning pensions and social security in their own country, and work toward solutions with other participants and experts. Course Description The course draws from worldwide data, analysis and knowledge. It aims to provide policymakers and other stakeholders in developing countries with an overview of the approaches for analyzing pension systems and policy and institutional reform options. The course reviews lessons from pension reforms around the world and uses team exercises for participants to explore reform options using developing country examples. The course is taught by experts from the World Bank and other agencies and uses a mix of learning methods, including presentations, hands-on exercises and group projects. It includes:  Instructional presentations on the key approaches to the design and reform of public and private pension systems and institutional development challenges;  Presentations and applied cases using a diagnostic methodology and modeling techniques;  Presentations from select case studies illustrating the challenges and lessons learned from different reform measures employed; and  Hands-on participatory workshop sessions in which course participants will work in groups to design reform programs for country cases which apply the instructional content. This course comprises six interrelated and complementary topics: (1) the framework for social protection and labor systems in general and pensions analysis in particular; (2) pension concepts, identities, and design options; (3) diagnostic techniques, benchmarks and assessment tools; (4) pension administration and investment management (5) regulation and supervision; and (6) country case examples.

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There are 22 sessions in this course

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The World Bank’s Conceptual Framework and Work in Social Protection and Labor

Session Summary

Overview of social protection

Presenter

Laura Rawlings , World Bank