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While pension models vary widely – from funded and unfunded schemes to public, private, employer and individual arrangements – the focus of this paper is on the potential role of funded, contributory pensions. That is, retirement schemes financed by contributions made by workers during working years. ",[],{},{"nodeType":84,"data":347,"content":348},{},[349],{"nodeType":88,"value":350,"marks":351,"data":352},"We also state very clearly in the paper that:  ",[],{},{"nodeType":354,"data":355,"content":356},"unordered-list",{},[357,368],{"nodeType":358,"data":359,"content":360},"list-item",{},[361],{"nodeType":84,"data":362,"content":363},{},[364],{"nodeType":88,"value":365,"marks":366,"data":367},"The primary duty of a pension system is always to ensure it delivers the retirement benefits that have been promised. 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