00756nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002100018245010800039260002800147300001000175520044100185583002000626 a11.02.02 S933 aStudart, Rogerio aPension funds and the financing productive investment : an analysis based on Brazil's recent experience bECLACaSantiagoCLc2000 a63 p. aAnalyses the recent development of pension funds in Brazil in the 1990s. Draws lessons from Brazil's recent experience to assess the potential of these institutions as suppliers of funds to productive investment and to discuss policies that could possibly enhance and make effective this potential. Concludes that pension fund reforms are important potential suppliers of long-term non-inflationary financing to productive investment. c10/30/00kJOY_D