Banking on Health : The World Bank and Health Sector Reform in Latin America

• Main Author: Noy, Shiri (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; International economics.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Development economics.; Political sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319617657
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61765-7
• Physical Description: XIII, 241 p. 5 illus. online resource.

This book addresses the puzzle of why the World Bank was unable to effect sweeping neoliberal health reforms in Latin America from the 1980s onward. Through the use of quantitative regional data together with interview and archival data collected during fieldwork in Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, and...