Compiling estimates of state pension obligations for the National Accounts (a methodology article), December 2011

In Egypt, the term ‘urfi2 in relation to marriage means literally “customary” marriage, something that has always existed in Egypt but nowadays tends mostly to be secretly practiced among young people. Traditionally, according to Abaza,3 ‘urfi marriage took place not only for practical purposes (such as enabling widows to remarry while keeping the state pension of their deceased husbands), but also as a way of matchmaking across classes (since men from the upper classes use ‘urfi marriage as a way of marrying a second wife from a lower social class). In this way a man could satisfy his sexual desires while retaining his honor by preserving his marriage to the first wife and his position in the community to which he belonged, and keeping his second marriage secret.

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Non-observed Economy in the CIS Countries

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2009-8-86-95 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 86-95

Author(s):

Yu. Ivanov

Keyword(s):

International Standards ◽

General Level ◽

National Accounts ◽

System Of National Accounts ◽

The World ◽

Cis Countries ◽

Key Indicators

The article contains a review of underlying concepts and definitions of non-observed economy which are formulated in the international standards on this topic and used by the CIS countries for computation of GDP and other key indicators of the System of National Accounts. The article considers the methods used for measuring non-observed economy and some figures on the share of non-observed economy in GDP of the CIS countries and other selected countries of the world. Perfection of methods of measuring non-observed economy and raising reliability of its estimates requires improvement of general level of work on compilation of national accounts.

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State Pension Reform: What Have They Accomplished?

Journal of Accounting and Finance ◽

10.33423/jaf.v19i8.2616 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (8) ◽

Keyword(s):

Pension Reform ◽

State Pension

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STATE REGULATION OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES MARKET IN UKRAINE

UKRAINIAN ASSEMBLY OF DOCTORS OF SCIENCES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ◽

10.31618/vadnd.v1i11.12 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (11) ◽

pp. 30-47

Author(s):

Lyudmila Nikolayevna Akimova ◽

Alla Vasilievna Lysachok

Keyword(s):

Life Insurance ◽

Financial Services ◽

Credit Unions ◽

State Regulation ◽

The State ◽

Existing Problems ◽

Insurance Contracts ◽

State Pension

The essence of such concepts is “financial service”, “financial ser- vices market”, and “participants of the financial services market”; determined the purpose of state regulation of the financial services market; forms of state regu- lation of the financial services market; financial services that are present in the financial services market; the structure of state regulation bodies of the financial services market in Ukraine is given; The role of state bodies in the regulation of the financial services market was studied; to characterize the regulatory le- gal regulation of the financial services market in Ukraine; the main problems of functioning of the domestic market of financial services are revealed; ways to solve existing problems. It is grounded that the state regulation of financial ser- vices markets consists in the state’s implementation of a set of measures aimed at regulating and overseeing financial services markets to protect the interests of financial services consumers and preventing crisis phenomena. It is concluded that the financial services market is an important element of the development of the economy as a whole, in particular, it concerns not only the state but also society. We must understand that when this market is settled, that is, all bodies that carry out state regulation are competent in their powers, only then will we make informed, effective decisions about the normal and effective functioning of the RFP. It is important that the data of the subjects of control do not overlap, their activities should be fixed at the legislative level. It is also worth bearing in mind that appropriate conditions must be created to create compensatory mecha- nisms in the financial services markets by developing a system for guarante- eing deposits and providing for payments under long-term life insurance contracts, non-state pension provisions, deposits with deposit accounts to credit unions, etс.

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