Much could be gained from the privatization of social security--but can the
gains actually be delivered? Dixon, Hyde, and their contributing authors take a
balanced look at where we are now, and where we seem to be moving, on the issues
of social security privatization and come up skeptical. There will be tradeoffs,
but will the benefits outweigh the costs? Their volume examines a variety of
settings in Latin America, Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa, where the
marketization of social security appears most hotly contested. As a contribution
to this new, energetic gobal policy discourse, the book will be of special
interest to policymakers in the