Anil Niraula
Quantitative Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation
Anil Niraula is a quantitative policy analyst with Reason Foundation’s Pension Integrity Project. He primarily focuses on historical and predictive analysis of public pension finances using best practices, including actuarial modeling, to inform pension policy in different states. He also regularly writes for reason.org.
Prior to joining Reason Anil interned at the Heritage Foundation, and worked at the International Monetary Fund in projects officer capacity conducting data analytics. He holds MS in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University (Washington, D.C.).
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Investment Risks and Volatility Plague Arkansas’ State Public Pension Plans
All stakeholders should press for meaningful change that will help ensure Arkansas public pensions remain sustainable, predictable and affordable for both current and future generations.
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Moody’s Considers New Mexico Pension Reform Credit Positive
Pension reforms "will reduce state and participating local governments’ unfunded pension liabilities and susceptibility to investment return volatility.”
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New Mexico Enacts Bipartisan Pension Reform to Improve PERA Solvency
Senate Bill 72 was a necessary and crucial first step towards improving the financial health of PERA and ensuring the sustainable delivery of public employee retirement benefits for state and local workers
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How Ohio’s Proposed Cost-of-Living Adjustments Would Impact OPERS’ Unfunded Liabilities
The proposed reforms to the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System will likely to fall short of the goal of maintaining a secure retirement option for Ohio’s workers.
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Proposed New Mexico PERA Board Restructuring Would Improve Expertise, Balance Representation Long-Term
The proposed legislation offers the promise of improving the experience and oversight capabilities of the Public Employees Retirement Association's governing board.
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Proposed PERA Reform an Important Step Toward Pension Solvency in New Mexico
New bill would address the Public Employees Retirement Association's systemic issues by improving funding policy and adopting a more sustainable benefit adjustment mechanism.
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Taxpayers and Public Workers Face a “Brutal Awakening” on Pension Debt
The American public-sector pension deficit is likely closer to the $4.4 trillion estimate.
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Slight Improvement, But Same Story: Louisiana Teachers’ Pensions Are Still in Trouble
Long-term investment losses have systematically starved TRSL of the revenue it needs to keep the retirement system on track to full funding.
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New Mexico Needs Pension Reforms, Shared Sacrifice to Pay for Promised Retirement Benefits
The changes should provide $700 million in immediate savings and are projected to eliminate over $6 billion in unfunded liabilities.