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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Part Four: 2018 Progress Report)

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 transition from the original Millennium Development Goals, the challenges posed by the new Sustainable Development […]

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United Nations post-2015 Development Agenda Update

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were in effect until 2015 when they were superseded by a revised and expanded set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that provide a framework for the UN post-2015 Development Agenda. Together, the MDGs and the SDGs constitute a thirty-year plan to change the world in important and fundamental […]

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The 2018 Social Security Trustees Report (continued)

The July edition of Commentary presented the main results from the 2018 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds regarding the financial status of the U.S. Social Security system. The main purpose of the trustees’ report is to evaluate the relationship between the actuarial […]

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The 2018 Social Security Trustees Report

The 2018 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds presents information regarding the financial status of the U.S. Social Security system. The Board of Trustees is composed of six members: Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Commissioner […]

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Measuring and Reporting Actuarial Obligations of Social Security Systems

An authoritative and timely paper, prepared by the world’s leading expert actuaries on Social Security finance, is now available through the International Actuarial Association (IAA). This important paper, Measuring and Reporting Actuarial Obligations of Social Security Systems, was developed by the IAA’s Social Security Committee (SSC), and announced by the IAA in a News Release […]