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An increasing number of countries have a portal which leads to government web sites: Belgium: www.belgium.be; France: www.service-public.fr/accueil/english.html; Germany: www.bund.de/nn_174028/Fremdsprachen/Struktur/EN/Startseite-en-knoten.html__nnn=true; UK: www.direct.gov.uk; USA: www.gpoaccess.gov.

For UK official statistics, see the Office for National Statistics web site: www.statistics.gov.uk. On UK taxes and benefits see the web sites of the Institute for Fiscal Studies: www.ifs.org.uk and the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion: sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case. On UK government publications see the web site of the British Offical Publications Current Awareness Service: www.bopcas.soton.ac.uk (subscribers only).

For EU statistics see the Eurostat web site: europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/.

On the USA, see the US government portal, www.gpoaccess.gov and the web sites of the National Academy of Social Insurance: www.nasi.org and the Brookings Institution: www.brookings.org.

A summary of systems of cash benefits worldwide can be downloaded via the US Social Security Administration web site: www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw. For details of pension schemes worldwide, see www.aarp.org/international/map - click on the map to find the country of interest.