Research & Analysis About China

International Update

A monthly publication covering recent developments in foreign private and public pensions, social security, and retirement.

January 2023  ·  May 2022  ·  June 2021  ·  April 2020  ·  July 2019  ·  September 2018  ·  June 2018  ·  February 2018  ·  April 2017  ·  January 2014  ·  February 2012  ·  August 2011  ·  November 2010  ·  June 2008  ·  November 2007  ·  January 2007  ·  May 2006  ·  January 2006  ·  September 2005  ·  October 2004  ·  June 2004  ·  April 2004

Social Security Programs Throughout the World

A biannual publication highlighting the principal features of social security programs in more than 170 countries. Published in collaboration with the International Social Security Association, one of four regional volumes was issued every six months.

Asia and the Pacific:  2018  ·  2016  ·  2014  ·  2012  ·  2010  ·  2008  ·  2006  ·  2004  ·  2002

Individual Accounts in Other Countries
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 66, No. 1 (released September 2005)

To date, more than 30 countries have established some form of individual accounts in their retirement systems. This article identifies those countries, categorizes how the individual accounts fit into their retirement income systems, and identifies some basic characteristics of the accounts. Because this analysis of individual accounts is intended to inform the current United States debate involving Social Security, the discussion is limited to countries in which such accounts are part or all of a mandatory retirement income program.

Social Security for State-Sector Workers in the People's Republic of China: The Reform Decade and Beyond
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 54, No. 10 (released October 1991)

Recent Social Security Developments in the People's Republic of China
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 50, No. 4 (released April 1987)

World Developments and Trends in Social Security
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 4 (released April 1976)

Social Security Programs of Foreign Countries
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 27, No. 9 (released September 1964)

Medical Benefits for Old-Age Pensioners Under Foreign Social Security Programs
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 1 (released January 1963)

A Quarter Century of Social Security Abroad
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 8 (released August 1960)

Medical Benefits For Pensioners Under Foreign Social Security Programs
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 1 (released January 1960)

Foreign Social Security Programs in 1958
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 21, No. 11 (released November 1958)

World Trends in Social Security Benefits, 1955 to 1957
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 8 (released August 1957)

World Trends in Social Security Benefits, 1935–55
from Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 5 (released May 1956)