This timely volume brings together specialists on the reform of social security systems to analyze the similarities and differences of those health care and pension reforms that have taken place since the early 1990s and suggests possible gains through recent or contemplated revisions to those systems.
A propos de l’auteur
<b>Maria Amparo Cruz-Saco (Editor) </b><br> <b>Maria Amparo Cruz Saco Oyague</b> is the Lenore Tingle Howard Professor of Economics at Connecticut College. She is the author of several research articles in professional journals and books, most notably <i>La macroeconomia de una economia abierta</i>. She is also a consultant for international multilateral organizations, including the Inter American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the Acuerdo de Cartagena, and official agencies such as the government of Paraguay and vice president of development at the Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo in Peru.<br><br><b>Carmelo Mesa-Lago (Editor) </b><br> <b>Carmelo Mesa-Lago</b> is distinguished service professor emeritus of economics and Latin American studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He has published about 90 books in seven languages in 39 countries and received many awards, including the ILO International Prize on Decent Work (shared with Nelson Mandela) for his work on social protection in the world.<br><br>