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Do options exist? : the reform of pension and health care systems in Latin America / edited by María Amparo Cruz-Saco and Carmelo Mesa-Lago.

Other author/creatorCruz Saco, María Amparo.
Other author/creatorMesa-Lago, Carmelo, 1934-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press,
Descriptionx, 444 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
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Portion of title Reform of pension and health care systems in Latin America
Series Pitt Latin American series
Contents Introduction : context and typology of reform models / María Amparo Cruz-Saco Oyague -- Chile : the politics of privatization / Silvia Borzutsky -- The Chilean pension system : evaluation, lessons, and challenges / Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Alberto Arenas de Mesa -- Mexico : the politics of the system for retirement pensions / Julián F. Bertranou -- Social security reform in El Salvador / Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Ricardo Córdova Macías -- The new Argentine social security system : a mixed model / Ernesto Aldo Isuani and Jorge Antonio San Martino -- The pension system in Uruguay : a delayed reform / Jorge Papadópulos -- The pension system reform in Peru : economic rationale versus political will / María Amparo Cruz-Saco Oyague -- The Colombian social security reform : between competition and solidarity / Miguel Eduardo Cárdenas Rivera -- Chile : the effectiveness of the reform / Brian Cartin -- Health sector reform : a financial-service flow model and the Colombian case / Gerard M. La Forgia -- Health care reform in Brazil : phasing change / Maureen Lewis and André Medici -- Reforming the Brazilian pension system / Cheikh T. Kane -- Social security in Ecuador : mixed or substitutive reform / Rubén M. Lo Vuolo and Carmelo Mesa-Lago -- Poverty of social security in Guatemala : the need for structural reform / María Amparo Cruz-Saco Oyague -- Social security in Venezuela : diagnosis and reform / Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Mariela Arenas -- Conclusion : conditioning factors, cross-country comparisons, and recommendations / María Amparo Cruz-Saco Oyague and Carmelo Mesa-Lago.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 99211612
ISBN0822940795 (alk. paper)

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