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Foreword
UniversityofTechnologyandalsobyaninternationalscientificassociation-
EuropeanNetworkforResearchonSupplementaryPensions(ENRSP),thattook
placeinPoznań,on13-14September2012.
Thismonographistheresultoftheconference.Themonographincludesanaly-
sesandreflectionsontheimplementationofpensionreformsandtheimpactofthe
globalcrisisonpensionsecuritysystemsinEurope(PartI)andoutsideEurope
(PartII).
Thedescriptionoftheresultsandthecriticalanalysisofpensionreformsinse-
lectedEuropeancountries(Ireland,Sweden,Portugal,countriesofCentraland
EasternEurope)andcountriesfromothercontinents(USA,China)providesrich
materialforcomparisonandreflection.Itturnsoutthatdespitethelargestructural
diversityofpensionschemedesigns,differentinstitutionaltraditions,differencesin
socio-economicdevelopment,manyoftheproblemsassociatedwithreforming
pensionschemesandtheiroperationarecommon.Theyincludeproblemsrelatedto
themanagementofrisk,riskofpovertyfortheelderly,insufficientlevelofsup-
plementarypensionsavingsalongwithadecreaseinthelevelofsecurityoffered
bypublicpensionschemes,theproperdesignationofthestatutoryretirementage
formenandwomen,theabsenceorlackofproperinformationandeducationon
pensionswhichimpedesmakingrationaldecisionsregardingsavingforretirement,
etc.Themonographalsoincludesexamplesofgoodpracticeinthereformofpen-
sionschemes.
Werecommendittoallreadersinterestedintheproblemsofpensions,bothin
academiaandinthecirclesofsocialandeconomicpolicymakers.Theprocessof
reformingpensionschemesinEuropeandonothercontinentshasnotbeenfinal-
ized,soitisworthlookingmorecloselyatsomeofthecurrenteffectstodrawap-
propriateconclusionsforthefuture.
Ph.D.,D.Sc.MarekSzczepański
ChairofEconomicSciences
FacultyofEngineeringManagement
PoznanUniversityofTechnology
Prof.Ph.D.iur.Heinz-DietrichSteinmeyer
PresidentofENRSP
WestfälischeWilhelms-UniversitätMünster