Beyond the Payroll: Expanding Pension Coverage to Informal Workers

The CGAP Explainer Podcast by Inclusive Finance Frontiers

Oct 14, 202600:19:46Education

By 2050, one in five people worldwide will be over 60, and most of them will live in low- and middle-income countries. Yet conventional pension schemes, built around formal employment, leave out the millions who live on...

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