Health Reforms and Interest Groups in Latin America
By Daniel Maceira (03/07, En, Es) See also Social Development
This paper contributes to a better understanding of: (i) the health reform models applied in Latin America, (ii) the use of the reform instruments and tools and (iii) the politcal economy issues associated with the reform process implementation. The main conclusion is that the conflict interests between different health sector actors and the governant skills to achieve good consensus among those actors have a major impact in the reform achievements than the aplication of the reform intruments ant tools.
This paper is available in Spanish.
This working paper is being published with the sole objective of contributing to the debate on a topic of importance to the region, and to elicit comments and suggestions from interested parties. This paper has not gone through the Department's peer review process or undergone consideration by the SDS Management Team. As such, it does not reflect the official position of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Last updated: 05/08/07
