Starting over in pensions: The challenges facing Central and Eastern Europe

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-222

  Holzmann, Robert ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENSION SYSTEM; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

EUROPE, (CENTRAL); EUROPE, (EAST);

EID: 0031413507     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0143814x00003548     Document Type: Article

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