Reassembling social security a survey of pensions and health care reforms in Latin America - Mesa-Lago, Carmelo 1934- (Oxford University Press, 2008)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-411) and index
List of Tables and Appendices; Abbreviations; PART I. INTRODUCTION: THE STATE OF PENSION AND HEALTH CARE IN THE REGION BEFORE THE REFORMS; PART II. PENSION REFORMS AND THEIR EFFECTS; PART III. HEALTH CARE REFORMS AND THEIR EFFECTS; PART IV. TOWARDS A BETTER SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE FUTURE; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. This is the first book to comprehensively study these influential reforms in Latin America's pension and health care systems. - ;The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. From the reforms that took place in Chile in 1981, most pension and health care systems in the