World Bank does not support certain provisions of pension reform

According to Kim, the World Bank is closely monitoring the pension reform and knows that amendments have been made to the law.

"It would have been better if the articles weren’t added to the reform law," he said. "But we feel that, working with the ministry, there are ways of ensuring that the poor are targeted. In other words, we’re focusing on making the pension reform work in the form it currently is in."

The World Bank president said there were tools available to achieve this goal.

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