The rapid ageing of India's population, in conjunction with migration out of rural areas and
the continued concentration of the working population in the informal sector, has highlighted …

Income support programs (ISPs) are important social policy measures to reduce the risk of
poverty among older adults. Over the years, developing countries including South Asian …

Using the most recent wave of the AIDIS data, we describe and attempt to explain several
important features of Indian household balance sheets. When compared with data on …

The whole world wants to invest in India. But how to do this successfully? Written by two
Indian financial experts with a seasoned expert of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, this …

Life cycle asset allocation has recently gained popularity and is the default option in pension
funds worldwide. A line of recent studies has refuted its glory and argues that a balanced …

This paper examines who contributes and who persists in contributing in a national,
voluntary, defined contributory pension programme, where the government provides the …

Purpose–To examine the case for reforming India's current provident and pension fund
governance and regulatory structures. Design/methodology/approach–The paper reviews …

Governance and regulation of corporations (or companies) and of provident and pension
funds1 involves managing principal-agent (or agency) relationships. These arise when …

Income insecurity in old age is likely to be one key cause of increased poverty in South Asia,
and setting up systems to avert this crisis should be a central public policy goal of each …

Pension reforms is one of the most important and yet the hardest component of India's
“second generation” economic reforms. The field of pensions involves complex questions of …