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Zusatztext This book is a tour de force. Informationen zum Autor Carmelo Mesa-Lago is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and has been a visiting professor or researcher in Argentina, Germany, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as a lecturer in 36 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America. He is the author of 73 books/monographs and about 240 articles/chapters published in 8 languages in 33 countries, most of them on social security including pensions and healthcare. He has worked in all Latin America countries and several in the Caribbean, as well as in Germany, Egypt, Ghana, and Thailand, as a regional advisor for ECLAC, a consultant with the ILO, the International Social Security Association (ISSA), PAHO, UNRISD, UNDP, and other U.N. branches, as well as most international financial organizations (World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank), and national and foreign foundations. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preamble: Reassembling Social Security in Latin America Part I: The State of Pension and Health Care in the Region Before the Reforms 1: Social Security Principles, their Enforcement in Latin America, and Modifications by the Reforms Part II: Pension Reforms and Their Effects 2: Pension Reforms: Taxonomy, Objectives, and Actors 3: Effects on Coverage, Equal Treatment, Solidarity, and Comprehensiveness/Sufficiency 4: Effects on Unity, State Responsibility, Efficiency, and Social Participation 5: Effects on Financial Sustainability and New Reform Goals Part III: Health Care Reforms and their Effects 6: Healthcare Reforms: Taxonomy, Objectives, Actors 7: Effects on Universal Coverage 8: Effects on Equal Treatment, Solidarity, and Comprehensiveness/Sufficiency 9: Effects on Unity, State Responsibility, Efficiency, and Social Participation 10: Effects on Financial Sustainability and Efficacy Part IV: Towards a Better Social Security in the Future 11: Policies on Pensions and Healthcare ...
