OECD says Finnish pension reforms "insufficient"

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FINLAND - Major reform of the Finnish pension system to be introduced next year is not sufficient to counter the effects of imminent population ageing on the country's economy, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

In its Economic Survey of Finland, 2004, the OECD calls for wide-reaching reforms, primarily “further curtailment of various early retirement schemes over and above what is due to be implemented in...

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