The battle of future pensions: Global accounting tools, international organizations and pension reforms

Global Social Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-54

  Ervik, Rune ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epistemic communities; Global accounting tools; Global ideas; International organizations; Pension reform

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; PENSION SYSTEM; WELFARE REFORM; WORLD BANK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 15544372509     PISSN: 14680181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468018105050119     Document Type: Article

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