Tag: Europe
Abstract Georgia, like many other Eastern European countries characterized by an aging population and limited public financial resources, offers virtually complete non-contributory public pension coverage aiming at reducing poverty and inequality. However, like many other countries in the region, Georgia’s pension spending and budget deficits are projected to increase and remain at high levels for…
Many retirees, freed from their work obligations and looking for adventure, dream of living overseas. Edward Kierklo and Joanna McIsaac-Kierklo don’t dream. They just do. In May 2021, the couple, feeling trapped by the pandemic in their sleepy town in the Sierra Foothills east of San Francisco, decided to break out and trade rural lif…
