Introduction: the article is devoted to the problem of studying convicted women’s plans for the future and using a modeling method to shape a personal future of female convicts in conditions of ...imprisonment. Purpose: to contribute to the construction of a positive personal future of female convicts on the basis of the use of the modeling method. Methods: theoretical analysis of literature, modeling methods, conversation, and classification. Results: to analyze convicted women’s plans for the personal future, we developed the following criteria: by time duration (long-term, medium-term, current), by degree of parameter determination (deterministic and probabilistic), by planned actions (reactive, inactive, preactive). During individual conversations, three groups of life plans of first-time convicted women of various ages for their personal future were identified: 1) longterm, deterministic and positive personal plans for the future; 2) medium-term or current, probable, inactive; 3) there is no model of future life. Drawing up a detailed plan, modeling the prospects of life is the basic method of a person’s influence on their future. This makes it possible to more effectively build a correctional process for a more successful rehabilitation of the personality and its adaptation in society after release. Conclusion: plans for the future are all kinds of long-term goals (personal or professional), considered as a real benchmark of action. The personal future model is an accurate description of the life planning process, its sketch or reference point. In this study, the use of the modeling method in drawing up a personal future is a practice-oriented embodiment of life plans of convicted women, which allows them to see their future life as a whole process, as well as to isolate all components in their interrelation. Based on this, it is necessary to carry out specially organized work to study life plans of convicts, include them in various correctional programs in order to revise their views, realize the value of life, and model a positive personal future.
In front of the physical and social isolation, as well as feelings of fear and instability imposed by the pandemic of COVID-19, especially for risk groups such as people 50 + , it became even more ...relevant to discuss the formulation of personal plans for this age population. This study aimed to analyse the individual plans of people 50 + , considering their perception, feelings and life experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is a mixed study (quali-quantitative), using Minayo's methodology for content analysis and frequency analyses, made with 39 participants from the University of Brasília Educational Program, Universidade do Envelhecer - UniSER/UnB. We used a word cloud system and a wheel of life tool to showcase the results.
Analysing professional achievements and situations participants want to overcome, the categories of feelings that stand out were Loving Relationships, Sadness, Family Absence, Grief, Trauma and Regret. Intellectual Development, Personal Fulfilment, Purpose and Creativity, Hobbies and Fun were the most mentioned personal plans displayed by the wheel of life. The key personal changes mentioned were to be less shy, prioritise themselves, change how they interact with others, and focus on their health.
This study concludes that perception, feelings and life experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic did not seem to directly affect the path in elaborating personal plans.
The policy-makers’ efforts to increase the role of voluntary pension systems observed in many countries reflect a more general tendency, which is the privatisation of social risks. The paper ...examines, from a comparative perspective, to what extent European countries have privatised their pensions in terms of voluntary pension systems. It aggregates and reports data on the assets, membership, and contributions in various pension plans across 20 European countries. To assess the overall relevance of voluntary pension systems in the studied countries, it proposes the Voluntary Pensions Index (VPI), which allows for cross-country comparisons. The paper analyses the relationship between the development of voluntary pensions and pension benefit adequacy in the mandatory schemes form two perspectives: current workers and current beneficiaries. The empirical results suggest that various levels of VPI in the countries studied can be explained by the differences in the pension systems generosity, but only towards the current working-age generation. In countries where the mandatory pension benefits are expected to be smaller, the supplementary pensions play a greater role. The results also imply that in countries with a flatter pension benefit formula adopted in the mandatory system, voluntary pensions are better developed. The adequacy of pension benefits from the mandatory system, as seen from the current beneficiaries’ perspective, does not seem to have an impact on the amount of savings and participation in the voluntary programmes.
This report presents an initial assessment of the financial performance of privately managed pension funds, both mandatory and voluntary, in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as ...selected OECD countries. It provides a comparative description of private pension funds in the 23 countries included in the report, examining the value assets under management, the weight of investments in the economy and the allocation of investments among the various asset categories and financial instruments available. The report also presents a new dataset on the investment performance achieved by the privately managed pension funds, including the annual real rates of return, the annual geometric average of real returns, as well as summary statistics of these returns for all countries for the period for which data is available.
Ce rapport présente une première évaluation de la performance financière des fonds de pension à gestion privée, tant obligatoires que volontaires, en Amérique latine et centrale et en Europe de l‘Est, ainsi que dans certains pays de l‘OCDE. Il décrit en les comparant les fonds de pension à gestion privée dans les 23 pays considérés, examinant la valeur des actifs sous gestion, le poids des investissements dans l‘économie et la répartition des investissements entre les diverses classes d‘actifs et divers instruments financiers disponibles. Le rapport présente aussi une nouvelle série de données concernant les performances obtenues par les fonds de pension à gestion privée, à savoir notamment taux de rendement annuel réel, moyenne géométrique annuelle des rendements réels, et statistiques succinctes des rendements pour tous les pays sur la période sur laquelle les données sont disponibles.
This report presents an initial assessment of the financial performance of privately managed pension funds, both mandatory and voluntary, in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as ...selected OECD countries. It provides a comparative description of private pension funds in the 23 countries included in the report, examining the value assets under management, the weight of investments in the economy and the allocation of investments among the various asset categories and financial instruments available. The report also presents a new dataset on the investment performance achieved by the privately managed pension funds, including the annual real rates of return, the annual geometric average of real returns, as well as summary statistics of these returns for all countries for the period for which data is available.Comparer le rendement global des investissements des fonds de pension à gestion privée : première évaluationCe rapport présente une première évaluation de la performance financière des fonds de pension à gestion privée, tant obligatoires que volontaires, en Amérique latine et centrale et en Europe de l‘Est, ainsi que dans certains pays de l‘OCDE. Il décrit en les comparant les fonds de pension à gestion privée dans les 23 pays considérés, examinant la valeur des actifs sous gestion, le poids des investissements dans l‘économie et la répartition des investissements entre les diverses classes d‘actifs et divers instruments financiers disponibles. Le rapport présente aussi une nouvelle série de données concernant les performances obtenues par les fonds de pension à gestion privée, à savoir notamment taux de rendement annuel réel, moyenne géométrique annuelle des rendements réels, et statistiques succinctes des rendements pour tous les pays sur la période sur laquelle les données sont disponibles.
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