Memo: Pensions: Commission welcomes OECD report on value of recent reforms to face future challenges

Recent reforms of pension systems have helped to contain the rise in future cost resulting from ageing populations and increasing life expectancy. These are the findings of the new OECD report Pensions at a Glance 2013. The study presented on 28 November 2013 in Brussels confirms the European Commission's recommendations set out in the February 2012 White Paper on adequate, safe and sustainable pensions.

ESO: Background information: EU sets out plans for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-sets-out-plans-for-adequate-safe-and-sustainable-pensions/

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/992: Confronting the key challenges of a rapidly changing pension landscape in the EU http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-992_en.pdf

OECD: Insurance and Pensions: Pensions at a Glance 2013: Retirement-Income Systems in OECD and G20 Countries http://www.oecd.org/pensions/public-pensions/pensionsataglance.htm

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