Reform of pension and health care systems in Latin America

1998

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• Title
• Do options exist?: the reform of pension and health care systems in Latin America
  Reform of pension and health care systems in Latin America
• Contributor
• Cruz Saco, María Amparo
  Mesa-Lago, Carmelo, 1934-
  University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
• Statement of Responsibility
• edited by María Amparo Cruz-Saco and Carmelo Mesa-Lago.
• Date
• 1998
• Identifier
• 31735055592491
• Description
• "Social security in Latin America has encompassed a broad variety of programs designed to protect workers from the risks of old age, disability, death, common illness, maternity, occupational hazards, and unemployment. In the early 1990s, several Latin American countries implemented structural social security reforms, particularly in health care and in pensions." "The contributors to these essays discuss, for the first time anywhere, the theoretical context in which the reforms are taking place, their main attributes, their successes and failures, and recommendations for prospective reformers. The national reforms documented in this book show that it is possible to find a pattern that characterizes the reform process. In addition to pointing out the opportunities for reform that presented themselves in various Latin American nations, the essays also evaluate the equity and welfare implications of the reforms." "This work will be necessary reading for scholars of contemporary Latin America and professionals concerned with social security, health care, and social administration."--BOOK JACKET.
• Extent
• x, 444 p. ; 24 cm.
• Publisher
• University of Pittsburgh Press
• Place of Publication
• Pittsburgh, Pa
• Type
• text
• Genre
• bibliography
• Subject
• Pensions--Latin America
  Social security--Latin America
  Health care reform--Latin America
• Geographic Subjects
• Latin America
• Series Title
• Pitt Latin American series
• Language
• eng
• Collection
• University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
• Contributor
• University of Pittsburgh
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