Changing Social Security in Latin America : Toward Alleviating the Social Costs of Economic Reform / Carmelo Mesa-Lago.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mesa-Lago, Carmelo, 1934- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security--Latin America.

Social security.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Latin America.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Mesa-Lago concentrates on the process of social security reform - intended to create mechanisms that can more effectively alleviate the severe social costs of economic restructuring and adjustment - in eight Latin American countries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

1 The Economic Crisis, Restructuring and Adjustment, and Social Costs

2 Social Security: The Problems of Coping with Social Costs

3 Changing Social Security: Case Studies of Reform, Privatization, and Universalization

4 The Future Role of Social Security in Alleviating the Social Costs of Adjustment and Restructuring

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Book and the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-880-5