Financing Sustainable Development in an Emerging Economy

2022 ◽  
pp. 56-68
Author(s):  
Fatih Kayhan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Private Pension ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Retirement System ◽  
High Level ◽  
Private Pension System

The purpose of this chapter is to review the Turkish private pension system as a key determinant of sustainable development of the country. The private pension system is of great significance in order to promote sustainable development. This is attributable to the fact that high level of total savings which are secured through individual savings are conducive to investments and in turn finances sustainable development and growth. Turkey, as an emerging economy, is considered to be one of those economies with low level of total savings. In an effort to deal with this issue, governments paid attention to an increasing level of savings of households. Individual retirement system (private pension system) is devised so as to increase savings and to fund investments with national sources. Therefore, it is safely argued that the very rationale behind the introduction of private pension system is associated directly with the aim of increasing total savings in the economy and ensuring sustainable development.

scholarly journals A Critical Review of Private Pension System in Turkey Considering the German System

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kemal Yaman
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Private Pension ◽  
Savings Behavior ◽  
Retirement System ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
High Level ◽  
State Pension ◽  
Private Pension System

Private pension system includes various measures met to continue existing living standards without any restrictions in old age, i.e. after the end of employment. High life expectancy, low birth rate, and institutional deficiencies in societies are major drivers for private pension. To understand seriousness of the topic mostly state pension claims are considered as being insufficient in old age. That’s why, necessity of private pension products results. In the first part, theoretical approaches to the explanation of savings behavior of people are described. In the second part of the study, the situation concerning precautions taken in Turkey is examined. In the following part, the retirement arrangements in Germany are depicted for comparison. The financial situation of elderly people in both countries is analyzed. Financial sector is the key beneficiary of developments in both countries. Governmental regulations concerning retirement system play crucial role to achieve high level of prosperity in the national economy of many developed countries. It is also seen in the study that industrialized nations are characterized by considerable private pension funds. Finally; some conclusions are drawn from the analyses performed in the study. .

Capitalist Crisis and Pension Insecurity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Pension System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Private Pension ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
State Change ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Unites States ◽  
The New Deal ◽  
Private Pension System

This chapter develops the conceptual approach used to explain pension marketization. It first discusses how Americans, relative to their counterparts in other advanced capitalist countries, have had their retirement income more greatly exposed to capitalist market processes and pressures. It then reviews the historical evolution of private pension system in the United States since the New Deal. It draws on crisis management theories to understand the development of pensions in the Unites States. Next, it presents three arguments about how the pension system was changed and oriented toward the market. These arguments serve two functions. First, taken together, they explain each of the episodes of change in the private pension system. Second, they also form the conceptual framework for thinking about the structural contingency of welfare state change.

scholarly journals Retirement Planning Behaviour of Working Individuals and Legal Proposition for New Pension System in Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamal Halili Hassan ◽  
Rohani Abdul Rahim ◽  
Fariza Ahmad ◽  
Tengku Noor Azira Tengku Zainuddin ◽  
Rooshida Rahim Merican ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Retirement Planning ◽  
Private Pension ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Goal Clarity ◽  
Voluntary Basis ◽  
Private Pension System

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Problems have been identified pertaining to retirement scheme of the private sector employees in Malaysia where there is no legislated pension system in force. As a result of that, pension scheme and savings are more of a voluntary basis; although the principle is good but in practice many retirees suffer financially during their retirement. The objectives of this study are to examine factors contributing to individual’s retirement planning behavior and the private pension system in the private sector in Malaysia. Retirement planning behaviour in this study was measured with series of questions on behaviour about retirement planning. A total of 500 working individuals from private sectors in the age group of 40 years and above had participated in this study. The results identified several significant variables in the prediction of retirement planning among working individuals in Malaysia, including individual who had higher levels of education, higher levels of income, financial literacy, retirement goal clarity and attitude towards retirement. There is a correlation between retirement planning behavior and saving for old aged. As a response to the result collected from the survey, a legal proposition is put forward to address issues of pension during retirement among private sector’s employees.</p>

scholarly journals The Relationships Between Private Pension System, Saving Rate and Current Deficit: An Application on OECD Countries

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selim Başar ◽  
Murat Eren ◽  
Gürkan Bozma
Keyword(s):  
Current Account ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Current Account Deficit ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Private Pension ◽  
Current Account Balance ◽  
Saving Rate ◽  
Savings Rate ◽  
Private Pension System

Today developed and developing economies have many problems. Some of these problems are created by global conjuncture and the rest of them are originated by problems which can be seen in some specific economies. One of the most important problems of economies is low saving rate. Since low saving rate can cause through to inability to increase investments and inability to reduce current account deficit, to remain below potential growth. The governments which want to increase the level of savings may use the private pension system as a political tool to increase domestic savings and decrease current account deficit. In accordance with this development, the relationships between private pension system, savings rate and current account deficit have been examined by using panel causality test for 14 OECD countries over the period 2005-2014. The findings indicate that developments in the private pension system leads to improvement in the current account balance.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF NON-STATE PENSION FUNDS OF UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalya Tataryn ◽  
Kateryna Zakorko ◽  
Sofia Kozar
Keyword(s):  
Pension Fund ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Pension Funds ◽  
The State ◽  
Private Pension ◽  
State Pension ◽  
Private Pension System ◽  
State Pension Funds ◽  
Legal Entities

The article considers topical issues of determining the current state of development of the private pension system in Ukraine, and defines the concept of "private pension fund". In economic essence, the system of non-state pension fund is defined as an integral part of the system of accumulative pension provision, based on voluntary participation of individuals and legal entities in the formation of pension savings in order to receive additional pension contributions. Problems that hinder the development of private pension funds, namely the shadowing of wages and labor relations, lack of public awareness, lack of legislation are identified. The functioning of private pension funds in the country depends not only on reforming the existing pension system, but also on the growth of incomes, their de-shadowing and development of the financial market in general. The current pension system is not able to provide the population with the necessary pension assets. This problem can be solved by intensifying the activities of private pension funds. Emphasis is placed on the need and importance of a voluntary private pension system and its role in ensuring the development of the state economy. As world experience shows, in a market economy, the development of private pension funds is one of the important components to ensure effective functioning of the state. Private pension funds are powerful investment investors because they can mobilize additional investment resources. The main purpose of investing pension assets is to preserve the savings of the population. The main indicators of activity of non-state pension funds are analyzed, namely: pension contributions, pension payments, the number of concluded pension contracts, the amount of investment income, etc. Further trends in the development of private pension provision in Ukraine are noted, substantiated the necessary measures to intensify activities in modern economic conditions, proposed recommendations for solving existing problems of institutions. However, in implementing the proposed measures should be remembered participation of both individuals and legal entities.

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