Pensions and Social Insurance At University Of Ghana
This course aims at making the students aware of the need for an effective social security system and
provides the background to pension schemes. The course will expose students to the difference
between social insurance and private individual insurances. It outlines the key issues involved in the
organisation of social security schemes and discusses the characteristic features of the main
employee benefit schemes. Specific topics include: the concept of social security and the
development of pension schemes, legislative framework on retirement and other benefit schemes,
forms of pension schemes, organisation and design of pension schemes and social insurance
schemes.