Pension Reform In The Baltic Countries, No 5 (Safety Report Series:)

Reform Of The Pension Regime Is Continually Evolving In The Baltic Countries. This Publication Contains Individual Country Reports, Comparative Analysis From A Regional Perspective And Examines Key Policy Issues In The Private Pension Sector. It Includes Perspectives On These Issues Debated During The Pension Conference Organised By The Oecd In Co-operation With The Eu In April 2003 In Tallinn, Estonia. The Analyses Benefit From In-depth Knowledge Of Oecd Experience In These Sectors, As Well As From Experience In Other Emerging Market Economies. Review Of Recent Pension Reforms In The Baltic Region -- Comparing The New Pension Systems Of The Baltic States -- Developments In The Estonian Pension System -- Review Of Pension Reform In Latvia -- The Development Of Private Pensions In Lithuania -- Pension Funds And Their Role In The Future Of The Baltic States' Economies -- Private Equity In The Baltics. Oecd. Includes Bibliographical References. Reform of the pension regime is continually evolving in the Baltic countries. This publication contains individual country reports, comparative analysis from a regional perspective and examines key policy issues in the private pension sector. It includes perspectives on these issues debated during the Pension Conference organized by the OECD in cooperation with the EU in April 2003 in Tallinn, Estonia. The analyses benefit from in-depth knowledge of OECD experience in these sectors, as well as from experience in other emerging market economies.--Publisher's description Preliminaries......Page 1 Review of Recent Pension Reforms in the Baltic Region......Page 7 Comparing the New Pension Systems of the Baltic States......Page 25 Developments in the Estonian Pension System......Page 59 Review of Pension Reform in Latvia......Page 87 The Development of Private Pensions in Lithuania......Page 147 Pension Funds and their Role in the Future of the Baltic States’ Economies......Page 179 Private Equity in the Baltics: What role for pension funds?......Page 239 Reform of the pension regime and developments in the insurance market and its regulation are continually evolving in the Baltic countries, and will surely continue to be a priority on the political agenda in coming years. The OECD has been monitoring and analysing these changes in the framework of the Baltic Regional Programme that is administered by the Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members (CCNM)