Self-insurance Against Natural Disasters : The Use of Pension Funds in Pacific Island Countries /

Pacific island countries are exposed to significant risks from natural disasters. As a disaster relief measure, Fiji allowed pre-retirement pension withdrawls in the wake of Cyclone Winston in 2016. Motivated by this policy action, we provide a normative analysis of the use of early pension withdraw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guo, Si
Other Authors: Narita, Futoshi
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/155
Online Access:Full text available on IMF