Monday, April 02, 2007
[IWS] SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: ASIA & THE PACIFIC 2006 [30 March 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2006 [30 March 2007]
(released March 2007)
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/index.html
[scroll down for individual country reports]
or
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/ssptw06asia.pdf
[full-text, 228 pages]
Each country summary discusses five types of programs:
Old age, disability, and survivors;
Sickness and maternity;
Work injury;
Unemployment; and
Family allowances.
[excerpt]
This second issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security
Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of Asia and the
Pacific. The combined findings of this series, which also includes volumes
on Europe, Africa, and the Americas, are published at 6-month intervals
over a 2-year period. Each volume highlights features of social security
programs in the particular region.
This guide serves as an overview of programs in all regions. A few
political jurisdictions have been excluded because they have no social
security system or have issued no information regarding their social
security legislation. In the absence of recent information, national
programs reported in previous volumes may also be excluded.
In this volume on Asia and the Pacific, the data reported are based on
laws and regulations in force in July 2006 or on the last date for which
information has been received.1 Information for each country on types of
social security programs, types of mandatory systems for retirement
income, contribution rates, and demographic and other statistics related
to social security is shown in Tables 14 at the end of the guide.
The country summaries show each system's major features. Separate programs
in the public sector and specialized funds for such groups as agricultural
workers, collective farmers, or the self-employed have not been described
in any detail. Benefit arrangements of private employers or individuals
are not described in any detail, even though such arrangements may be
mandatory in some countries or available as alternatives to statutory
programs.
The country summaries also do not refer to international social security
agreements that may be in force between two or more countries. Those
agreements may modify coverage, contributions, and benefit provisions of
national laws summarized in the country write-ups. Since the summary
format requires brevity, technical terms have been developed that are
concise as well as comparable and are applied to all programs. The
terminology may therefore differ from national concepts or usage.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2006 [30 March 2007]
(released March 2007)
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/index.html
[scroll down for individual country reports]
or
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/ssptw06asia.pdf
[full-text, 228 pages]
Each country summary discusses five types of programs:
Old age, disability, and survivors;
Sickness and maternity;
Work injury;
Unemployment; and
Family allowances.
[excerpt]
This second issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security
Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of Asia and the
Pacific. The combined findings of this series, which also includes volumes
on Europe, Africa, and the Americas, are published at 6-month intervals
over a 2-year period. Each volume highlights features of social security
programs in the particular region.
This guide serves as an overview of programs in all regions. A few
political jurisdictions have been excluded because they have no social
security system or have issued no information regarding their social
security legislation. In the absence of recent information, national
programs reported in previous volumes may also be excluded.
In this volume on Asia and the Pacific, the data reported are based on
laws and regulations in force in July 2006 or on the last date for which
information has been received.1 Information for each country on types of
social security programs, types of mandatory systems for retirement
income, contribution rates, and demographic and other statistics related
to social security is shown in Tables 14 at the end of the guide.
The country summaries show each system's major features. Separate programs
in the public sector and specialized funds for such groups as agricultural
workers, collective farmers, or the self-employed have not been described
in any detail. Benefit arrangements of private employers or individuals
are not described in any detail, even though such arrangements may be
mandatory in some countries or available as alternatives to statutory
programs.
The country summaries also do not refer to international social security
agreements that may be in force between two or more countries. Those
agreements may modify coverage, contributions, and benefit provisions of
national laws summarized in the country write-ups. Since the summary
format requires brevity, technical terms have been developed that are
concise as well as comparable and are applied to all programs. The
terminology may therefore differ from national concepts or usage.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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