Currently, national pension systems are confronted with a number of major challenges. Among these, the multifaceted challenge of demographic change, involving falling fertility rates, increased longevity, changing migration patterns and evolving family structures, is pre-eminent. Most commonly, demographic change is viewed as threatening the financial sustainability of pension systems. In addition, the current global economic downturn has accentuated the financial pressures attributable to demographic change. This Social Policy Highlight examines the challenge of demographic change as it applies to pension systems and explains how they can adapt to address this challenge.
Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, ISSA Secretary General
Pensions and demographic change ISSA 2010 English
Pensions et évolution démographique ISSA Français 2010
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