As the 2021 year enters its fourth quarter, economists around the world are engaging in the annual ritual of developing forecasts of key economic indicators for 2022 and beyond. Concerns for financial stability are being reflected in the outlook for…
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued a recent Working Paper Financing Gaps in Social Protection: Global Estimates and Strategies for Developing Countries in Light of the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond. The paper covers 134 developing countries that were included…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) usually holds its Spring Meeting in Washington DC in April. This year, due to the emergency conditions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the IMF meeting was conducted in a virtual format. The global crisis resulting…
This edition of Commentary was originally intended to be made available in March, but its preparation and distribution were delayed due to the state of emergency declared for Washington DC as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The National Academy…
The French Institute of Actuaries will host an international actuarial colloquium in Paris in May with the theme Individual Choices facing Societal Changes. The organizers of this international colloquium have posed a question that represents a direct challenge to the…
The National Academy of Social Insurance is a Washington-based nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose membership comprises the nation’s leading experts on social insurance. The Academy’s mission is to advance solutions to national social and economic challenges and to increase public understanding…
The actuarial profession had its a minimis incipe moment in 1848 in London when a small group of individuals who were engaged in insurance met to discuss the need for a professional association and agreed to principles for the basis…
The Washington DC-based National Academy of Social Insurance recently published an important Health Policy Issue Brief Changing Medicare Eligibility: Program Design Challenges. The National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation’s leading experts…
Following the conclusion of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Buenos Aires at the beginning of December, a declaration was issued on Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development. The G20 leaders agreed to an agenda that is people-centered, inclusive and…
This edition of Commentary represents a continuation of the series on the topic of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Three previous editions of Commentary, published in December 2017, January 2018 and February 2018, presented a concise overview of the…