Pension Systems in Asia-Pacific: Main Issues and Diagnosis
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Pension Systems in Asia-Pension Systems in Asia-Pacific: Main Issues and Pacific: Main Issues and
DiagnosisDiagnosis
Presentation by Michiel Van der Auwera
16 October 2007AFDC
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OverviewOverview
• Socio-economic challenges
• Review of existing pension situation in
Asia
• Way forward
– identifying need for reform
– contribution of multilateral development
banks
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I . Socio-economic I . Socio-economic challengeschallenges
1. Ageing population
2. Declining family support for
elderly people
3. Globalization
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1.1. Ageing populationAgeing population
• Asian population grew from 1.4 billion people in 1950 to 3.7 billion in 2000
• Demographic transition from high fertility and mortality rates to low fertility and mortality rates
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Demographic dividendDemographic dividend
Demographic change in China
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1950 1975 2000 2025 2050
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Demographic dividend
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Rapid ageing …Rapid ageing …
Old-age dependency ratio (population 65+/population 15-64)
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10%
20%
30%
40%
2000 2025 2050
Year
Dep
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ratio Cambodia
China
Lao PDR
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam
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results in increased results in increased public spending on public spending on
pensionspensionsIf the past relationship between demography and public spending on old-age pensions continue:– Expenditure of national income devoted
to pensions in Asia, excluding China, will rise from 2% in 1990 to 10% in 2050
– Expenditure of national income devoted to pensions in China will rise from 3% in 1990 to over 13% in 2050
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2. Declining family 2. Declining family support for elderly …support for elderly …
• Traditionally, Asian families provide support for the elderly relatives
• Increased mobility from rural to urban areas is weakening traditional support
• Changing family structure: declining birth rates, increasing number of single head households
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needs to be needs to be supplemented by supplemented by
formal mechanismsformal mechanisms • Pure market solutions (individual savings)
work to some extent, but often fail– Shortsighted behavior, leading to insufficient
saving when young– Lack of reliable savings instruments
• Governments interventions are required– Mandatory pensions plans, means-tested
assistance– Regulation and supervision, information, …
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3. Globalization …3. Globalization …
• Increased integration of markets
and growing mobility across the
world
• Labor market policies need to
balance between addressing
inequality and efficiency
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requires adjusted requires adjusted pension designpension design
• Public programs, including pension schemes, will have to be adjusted
• Pension designed to accommodate mobility of the labor force, not only between public and private sector, but also across states
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II. Pension systems in II. Pension systems in AsiaAsia
Mandatory pension systems for the private sector in Asia & Pacific
Provident fundsDefined contribution schemes
Defined benefit schemes in market economies
Pension schemes in transition economies
IndonesiaIndia (partial)MalaysiaNepalPacific IslandsSingaporeSri Lanka
India (partial)JapanSouth KoreaPakistanPhilippines
Azerbaijan (DB)PRC (DB + DC-funded)Kazakhstan (DC-funded)Kyrgyz (Notional DC)Lao PDR (DB)Mongolia (NDC)Uzbekistan (DB)Vietnam (DB)
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Major areas of concernMajor areas of concern
• DB schemes: fiscal sustainability – link between contributions and benefits
• Funded schemes: investment policy and performance
• Overall: – governance and management of the
pension systems– limited coverage
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Changing environment for Changing environment for Asian pension systemsAsian pension systems
• New requirements– Increased demand for old-age
protection– Increased formalization– Increased flexibility
• Existing situation– Limited coverage– Need for improved governance – Need for improved pension design
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III. Way forwardIII. Way forward
• Objective: pension systems that deliver adequate and affordable benefits in sustainable way
• Reform towards multi-pillar pension systems
• A long-term endeavor!
* World Bank. 2005. Old-Age Income Support in the Twenty-first Century: An International Perspective on Pension Systems and Reform (Holzmann, R. and others)
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Basic goals of Basic goals of pensionspensions
• Reducing or preventing poverty among the elderly
• Providing adequate retirement income, maintaining same standard of living, smoothing of lifetime consumption
• Encourage economic growth through increased saving
These goals can be addressed by a multi-pillar pension system
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Multi-pillar pension Multi-pillar pension systemsystem
Other sources of supportinformal support, health care, housing,…
“ third pillar” voluntary individual savings accounts
“ second pillar” mandatory individual savings accounts
“ first pillar” mandatory contributory schemes
“ zero pillar” non-contributory schemes
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Interaction between Interaction between pillars Example: Finlandpillars Example: Finland
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Role of Multilateral Role of Multilateral Development BanksDevelopment Banks
• Raise awareness among policy makers
• Assist in pension reform when support is required
• Available tools– TA to prepare reform
– Loan programs to assist in implementation
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ADB pension projects, ADB pension projects, 1990–20041990–2004
Region DMC 1990–1996 1997–1999 2000–2004
Regional 1 RETA
East and Central Asia
Kazakhstan 1 loan, 1 PPTA, 4 ADTAs
Kyrgyz Republic 1 PPTA
PRC 1 ADTA
Mekong Lao PDR 1 ADTA
Thailand 1 ADTA 1 ADTA
Pacific Cook Islands 1 ADTA
Tonga 1 ADTA
South Asia Bangladesh 1 ADTA 1 ADTA
Bhutan 1 ADTA 1 ADTA
India 1 ADTA
Pakistan 1 ADTA
Southeast Asia Indonesia 1 ADTA 1 ADTA
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Pension reform needsPension reform needs
• Following Asian financial crisis focus on strengthening financial market institutions
• Emerging reform needs– sustainability of the maturing pension
systems – adequacy and affordability of the pension
systems for the ageing population
• Pension reform in Asia and Pacific is still at the initial stage
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For More InformationFor More Information
(Michiel Van der Auwera, e-mail:
[email protected])Web site: www.adb.org