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Mandatory defined contribution pension markets are present in agrowing number of countries around the world. But despite theirpopularity, policymakers continue to struggle with two key policyconcerns. On the one hand, a number of design shortcomings encourages pension firms to charge high administrative fees. On the other hand, the global crisis that started in 2007 has reignited the debate on whether pension participants bear excessive investment risk. Both are valid policy concerns as their incidence can imply higher than expected levels of poverty among old age individuals.

Both concerns have the same root problem---the limited capacity ofindividuals to choose what is best for them. This, in turn, stems froma combination of inadequate financial education, bounded rationalityand the use of simplistic “rules of thumb” that produce systematic biases in the decision making process of individuals. While improving financial education is an obvious avenue to pursue, this book is more concerned with design features that can exploit these systematic biases to protect consumers from themselves.

New Policies for Mandatory Defined Contribution Pensions:Industrial Organization Models and Investment Products (i)discusses the main implications for the functioning of mandatorydefined contribution pensions of consumers’ inability to makerational choices; (ii) it describes how jurisdictions have tried toaddress these problems through ad hoc policy interventions; and (iii)it proposes new policy directions in the areas of industrial organization models and investment products to address these concernsmore effectively.

Written for practitioners and researchers around the world, thisbook provides access to new thinking on mandatory defined contribution pension systems and it makes an important contribution to the on-going policy debate on how to best structure mandatory defined contribution pillars.

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Van Vugt spent five years in Central America researching how local level democratic organizations operate so that previously disenfranchised members are empowered to oppose an oppressive central authority--and participate in a revolutionary reconstruction of society. He creates and then applies a model of democratic organization for social change to his findings regarding the way the literacy campaigns and Christian Based communities were organized in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Brazil. This study is valuable not only as an example of a scientific methodology for cultivating democratic organization for social change, but as an attempt to clarify the controversy over the role of the specific campaigns and organizations studied. ... Read more

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Community Organizations in Latin America suggests that governments need to recognize the potential of community organizations and encourage cooperation between the state and local groups. This book describes how these organizations interact with local communities and the public sector in Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Chile.

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These proceedings, "The Repair and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Structures: The State-of-the-Art", are from an International Seminar, Workshop and Exhibition sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Science and Technology Program (CYTED) held in May 1997 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The NACE International Latin American Region Venezuelan Section; Venezuelan Corrosion Association (ASVENCOR); the Center for Hemispherical Cooperation (CoHemis), University of Puerto Rico; and the Center for Corrosion Studies\ Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela jointly organized this workshop whose purpose was to present current international knowledge about reinforced concrete structures and to describe future directions and propose joint research projects for repair and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structures. Eleven of the fifteen papers are contained in these proceedings covering topics in corrosion, service life, and new materials. Four papers cover diverse subjects such as concrete block deterioration, vibration measurements, stainless steel rebar behaviors, and diagnosis and repair procedures resulting from overloads on a concrete parking structure.Summaries of workshop discussions are presented in Spanish and English. ... Read more

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More than 60 competition experts from 23 OECD and LatinAmerican countries and international organizations met in BuenosAires, Argentina on 28-30 October 1996 to discuss issues of policy andlaw enforcement.The workshop, which was jointly sponsored by theOECD, the World Bank, and the Government of Argentina, focused on therole of competition policy in a global market place and withinregional integration.Special note was given to competition policydevelopments in Latin America.This publication summarizes thediscussions and provides a bibliography of papers that were presentedby the participants. ... Read more

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A brief survey of the music of the peoples inhabiting Mexico, Central and South America and the Antilles spanning over four and a half centuries. ... Read more

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Chapters: Free Software Foundation Latin America, Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin, Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest, Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires, Radio Club Argentino, Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Rádio Emissão, Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, Damien House, Corpozulia, HIJOS, National Food Safety and Quality Service, Sociedade Brasileira de Céticos e Racionalistas, CECIM, Red Yaguareté, Torture Never Again, Evangelical Council of Venezuela,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Free Software Foundation Latin America (FSFLA) is the Latin American sister organisation of Free Software Foundation. It is the fourth sister organisation of FSF, after Free Software Foundation Europe and Free Software Foundation India. It was launched on November 23, 2005 in Rosario, Argentina. The founding general assembly of FSFLA elected Federico Heinz as President, Alexandre Oliva as Secretary and Beatriz Busaniche as Treasurer. The Administrative Council consisted of them as well as Enrique A. Chaparro, Mario M. Bonilla, Fernanda G. Weiden and Juan José Ciarlante. In 2006, Beatriz Busaniche, Enrique A. Chaparro, Federico Heinz, Juan José Ciarlante and Mario M. Bonilla went off from FSFLA's Council. After that the original directives were modified to the actual. A new position of "Observer of the Council" was created in the organisation to allow other free software important persons participate, observe and advise the Council. The actual members of the Council are Alexandre Oliva, Andres Ricardo Castelblanco, Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo, Octavio Rossell, Oscar Valenzuela, J. Esteban Saavedr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3175125 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, published by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc. on October 1, 1991. The length of the article is 729 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: African coffee producers meet with exporters. (Inter-Africa Coffee Organization meeting in Nairobi with Latin American and Asian exporters press for price stabilization)
Author: Turville Kille
Publication: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1991
Publisher: Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc.
Volume: v163Issue: n10Page: p73(2)

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This digital document is an article from Women's Health Journal, published by Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network on January 1, 2004. The length of the article is 752 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Latin American and Caribbean feminist women's and youth organizations declaration: presented at the open-ended meeting of the presiding officers of the ECLAC Sessional Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development, Santiago, Chile, March 10-11, 2004.(News And Meetings)
Publication: Women's Health Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2004
Publisher: Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network
Volume: 2004Issue: 1Page: 14(2)

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