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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
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Social Security Administration (SSA)

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2007 [25 September 2007]
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/africa/index.html
or
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/africa/ssptw07africa.pdf
[full-text, 194 pages]

[excerpt]
Preface
This third issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security
Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of Africa. The
combined findings of this series, which also includes volumes on Europe,
Asia and the Pacific, 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.

The information contained in these volumes is crucial to our efforts, and
those of researchers in other countries, to review different ways of
approaching social security challenges that will enable us to adapt our
social security systems to the evolving needs of individuals, households,
and families. These efforts are particularly important as each nation
faces major demographic changes, especially the increasing number of aged
persons, as well as economic and fiscal issues.
...
Includes:

Table 1. Types of social security programs
Table 2. Types of mandatory systems for retirement income
Table 3. Demographic and other statistics related to social security, 2007
Table 4. Contribution rates for social security programs, 2007

See also
EUROPE
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/europe/index.html
ASIA and the PACIFIC
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/index.html
AMERICAS
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2004-2005/americas/index.html
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