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February 2025

Kenya. The transformative approaches for broader pension coverage

Kenya’s pension penetration rate, at 26 percent, is the third lowest in sub-Saharan Africa, trailing far behind countries such as South Africa, which boasts a 66 percent reach. This disparity underscores a major financial vulnerability for many Kenyans, particularly in the informal sector where pension schemes are either underutilised or deemed inconsequential. The rising cost of living and limited incomes have further constrained the ability of many to save, leaving a substantial portion of the population without a reliable safety net...

South Korea’s fertility rate increases for first time in nine years amid marriage surge

South Korea’s birthrate rose for the first time in nearly a decade, preliminary data showed Wednesday, raising hopes that the country has started to turn a corner on its demographic crisis. The average number of babies per woman increased from 0.72 in 2023 to 0.75 last year, still the lowest in the world and far below the replacement rate of 2.1. SIGNALS Birthrate supported by surge in marriages after government measures A spike in marriages post-pandemic may be one factor driving the increase...

Perú. Afiliados AFP perderán derecho a pensión mínima si hay otro retiro de fondos

Los tres proyectos de ley que buscan aprobar otro retiro de fondos privados de pensiones hacen que los afiliados a las AFP corran el riesgo de perder su derecho a una pensión mínima o proporcional garantizada por el Estado, tal como lo establece la reforma del sistema previsional promulgada el 24 de setiembre del año pasado y que está pendiente de ser reglamentada por el Poder Ejecutivo. En efecto, la Ley de Modernización del Sistema Previsional Peruano N°32123, en sus artículos 5 sobre la estructura del...

España. La pensión media de jubilación es un 19% superior a 2022, cuando se aprobó la reforma de pensiones

La pensión media de jubilación ya es un 19% mayor que en 2022, cuando el ya exministro de Seguridad Social y ahora gobernador del Banco de España, José Luis Escrivá, vinculó la revalorización de las pensiones al Índice de Precios al Consumo (IPC). El objetivo era asegurar que las pensiones siguiesen el ritmo de la inflación para que los jubilados no perdiesen poder adquisitivo frente a la subida de precios. Y aunque la reforma también incluía una serie de medidas para disminuir...

Panamá. Debate sobre reformas a CSS se centra en sistema de pensiones

Con una exposición sobre el cálculo de las pensiones del subsistema exclusivo de beneficio definido y el subsistema mixto por parte del director general de la Caja de Seguro Social (CSS), Dino Mon Vásquez, dio inicio este lunes, 24 de febrero, a la discusión del tercer bloque, en segundo debate, del proyecto de Ley 163, que reforma la Ley Orgánica de la CSS. En el tercer bloque del proyecto se encuentran las disposiciones sobre la pensión de retiro por vejez,...

Colombia. Colpensiones pagará más de siete salarios mínimos mensuales a miles de colombianos en 2025: esta es la razón

Colpensiones, la entidad encargada de administrar el régimen público de pensiones en Colombia, opera bajo el régimen de prima media con prestación predeterminada, un modelo que se basa en la acumulación de aportes en un fondo común. El mismo permite que los afiliados reciban una pensión calculada en función de dos factores principales: el tiempo de cotización y el salario base de liquidación. Dicho esquema tiene como objetivo garantizar un ingreso digno para los trabajadores colombianos una vez que alcancen...

How should policy-makers think about longevity?

As people live longer, public policy and public spending should pivot towards ensuring longer, healthier and more active lives. This includes a shift towards preventative healthcare and lifelong education. Economists have been warning of ageing societies for decades. Globally, falling birth rates and rising life expectancy are leading to an increasing proportion of older people. In the UK in 1950, one in nine of the population was over 65 years old; today, it is around one in five. That share...

US. Public Pension Plans Reach 5-Year High of 83.1% Funded

Public pension funds’ funded status has risen to a five-year high amid equity market strength, according to a study from the National Conference of Public Employees Retirement Systems. The annual NCPERS retirement study, which the organization has conducted since 2011, found that the average public pension has seen its funded status reach 83.1% through the first half of 2024, typically when the fiscal years for these plans ended. The report also found that discount rates have decreased to an average of 6.67%...

UK. U-turn shows pitfalls of unpicking pensions triple-lock

A pensions timebomb is ticking on the Isle of Man and the self-governing island off the UK's west coast came very close to defusing it last week. Like the UK, the island protects state pensions with the triple lock, which automatically increases the state pension each year by the maximum of three measures: price inflation, average earnings or 2.5%. The Isle of Man's government wanted to scrap the triple lock for some pensioners in its budget last week. But ministers were forced...

German economist suggests tapping into VAT to stabilise first pillar’s contribution rate

German economist and pensions expert Bert Rürup has proposed channelling one percentage point from VAT to the first-pillar pension system, a form of public subsidy to stabilise the contribution rate of the pay-as-you-go pension system, in an article published by Handelsblatt newspaper. One percentage point from VAT would mean channelling €16bn per year to the first-pillar pension system, he added. Rürup’s idea is akin to a model chosen in Switzerland under the reform of the first-pillar AVH21, with the increase of...