Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161549 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2016/165
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
African populations need better support through social protection mechanisms. Among those who need social security are millions of older people who, having worked all their lives in the formal sector, are in precarious situations with lower benefits. This study aims to appreciate theoretically, using the principal-agent model, the need for government intervention as a way to improve social security in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The study reveals that the Congolese government as a principal can motivate the Institut National de Sécurité Sociale (National Social Security Institute, public company) as an agent by offering two types of contracts (optimal and sub-optimal) in order to increase Congolese pension income.
Subjects: 
social security
pensions
contracts
principal-agent model
Institut National de Sécurité Sociale
JEL: 
H55
C61
D82
D86
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-209-0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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