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Subtitle: the reform of pension and health care systems in Latin America
By: edited by María Amparo Cruz-Saco and Carmelo Mesa-Lago.
Contributors: Cruz Saco, María Amparo.; Mesa-Lago, Carmelo, 1934-
Series: Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: Pensions -- Latin America; Social security -- Latin America; Health care reform -- Latin America
Other titles: Reform of pension and health care systems in Latin America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : context and typology of reform models / María Amparo Cruz-Saco Oyague; title: Chile : the politics of privatization / Silvia Borzutsky; title: The Chilean pension system : evaluation, lessons, and challenges / Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Alberto Arenas de Mesa; title: Mexico : the politics of the system for retirement pensions / Julián F. Bertranou; title: Social security reform in El Salvador / Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Ricardo Córdova Macías; title: The new Argentine social security system : a mixed model / Ernesto Aldo Isuani and Jorge Antonio San Martino; title: The pension system in Uruguay : a delayed reform / Jorge Papadópulos; title: The pension system reform in Peru : economic rationale versus political will / María Amparo Cruz-Saco Oyague; title: The Colombian social security reform : between competition and solidarity / Miguel Eduardo Cárdenas Rivera; title: Chile : the effectiveness of the reform / Brian Cartin; title: Health sector reform : a financial-service flow model and the Colombian case / Gerard M. La Forgia; title: Health care reform in Brazil : phasing change / Maureen Lewis and André Medici; title: Reforming the Brazilian pension system / Cheikh T. Kane; title: Social security in Ecuador : mixed or substitutive reform / Rubén M. Lo Vuolo and Carmelo Mesa-Lago; title: Poverty of social security in Guatemala : the need for structural reform / María Amparo Cruz-Saco Oyague; title: Social security in Venezuela : diagnosis and reform / Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Mariela Arenas; title: Conclusion : conditioning factors, cross-country comparisons, and recommendations / María Amparo Cruz-Saco Oyague and Carmelo Mesa-Lago.