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This paper provides a brief summary of the main findings of a crosscountry comparative project, completed in 1996 by an international research team. The comparison is rather unique in that it includes three established capitalist societies and two transition economies – two distinct groups of countries with different demographic and economic characteristics. The apparent dichotomy, however, is less clear in respect of pension issues: on the one hand, pension systems and reforms are specific to individual countries; on the other, there are common features and problems which cut across the systemic barrier. One of the major conclusions is that attempting to separate social assistance from social insurance is a more substantial issue for pension reforms than the simplistic choice between 'public, pay-as-you-go' and 'private, funded' schemes.