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In the lead-up to the Autumn Statement, leading pensions analyst Michael Johnson calls for a radical overhaul of the financial incentives currently provided by the Treasury in a largely failed attempt to encourage retirement savings. VIEW SUMMARY

In 2008, faced with an economic crisis and shrinking tax revenues, the IMF forecast that Estonia would have a budget deficit of more than 10% of GDP in 2009 on unchanged policies. In response, Jürgen Ligi cut government spending drastically, explaining that the surging revenue growth during the boom VIEW SUMMARY

The key objective of this paper is to encourage the industry to bring about transformational change from within. By taking a risk, and challenging its own vested interests, it could boost its efficiency. VIEW SUMMARY