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Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington... 
Latin America Economic policy | Latin America Social policy | Structural adjustment (Economic policy) | Latin America Economic conditions | 1980 | Latin America | Politics and government | COMPETITIVENESS | POLITICAL PARTIES | FISCAL POLICY | TOTAL PUBLIC SECTOR | CENTRAL GOVERNMENT | GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS | INCIDENCE STUDIES | FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY | MINISTRY OF FINANCE | GDP | INCOME DISTRIBUTION | PRIVATIZATION | MACROECONOMIC STABILITY | EMPLOYMENT | ECONOMIC POLICY | ECONOMIC GROWTH | URBAN DEVELOPMENT | POLITICAL ECONOMY | DEBT CRISIS | SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS | FISCAL DISCIPLINE | PUBLIC POLICY | INTEREST RATES | PRIVATE SECTOR | TAX REFORM | AUTONOMY | COMPANY | DECENTRALIZATION | INTERNATIONAL TRADE | LIMITED | BANK LOANS | LAWS | PUBLIC BORROWING | INFLATION RATE | CASH MANAGEMENT | BONDS | CENTRAL BANK | PUBLIC | INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT | ELECTRICITY | SUBSIDIARY | CURRENCY BOARD | ECONOMIC POLICIES | LIQUIDITY | BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURES | CITIZEN PARTICIPATION | HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS | TAX INCENTIVES | PERFORMANCE INDICATORS | PUBLIC SPENDING | CAPITAL MARKET | DEVELOPMENT POLICIES | SOUTH AMERICAN | INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT | PERSONAL INCOME | PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT | FINANCE MINISTRIES | FISCAL REFORMS | FOREIGN DEBT | ACCOUNTABILITY | FISCAL INSTITUTIONS | SOCIETIES | MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT | BANKS | DECISION MAKING | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | PERSONAL INCOME TAX | BUDGETARY INSTITUTIONS | COLLECTIVE ACTION | SOCIAL POLICY | PROFITABILITY | FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS | MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION | BANKRUPTCY | LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS | PUBLIC GOODS | MISMANAGEMENT | NATIONAL BUDGETS | DIVIDENDS | COLLECTIVE | FISCAL REVENUE | MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS | REFORM PROCESSES | TRADE LIBERALIZATION | PER CAPITA INCOMES | INFLATION | DEVELOPMENT BANKS | FISCAL INCENTIVES | FINANCIAL SYSTEMS | SOCIAL SERVICES | ECONOMIC REFORM | FISCAL BALANCE | LATIN AMERICAN | MIDDLE EASTERN | TAX COLLECTION | BANKING SUPERVISION | CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENTS | DEBT | CENTRAL AMERICAN | OIL PRICES | PENSION FUND | FISCAL DEFICITS | PROGRAMS | LICENSES | PRICE INCREASES | INFLATION RATES | EDUCATION EVALUATION | TAX RATES | PARTNERSHIP | TRADE AGREEMENT | FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION | FINANCE MINISTRY | GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES | PUBLIC SERVICES | PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT | TELECOMMUNICATIONS | FISCAL REFORM | BUDGET DISCIPLINE | ECONOMIC RESEARCH | FREE TRADE | TRADE UNIONS | OIL SHOCKS | LIQUIDATION | INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL | UNCERTAINTY | MERITOCRACY | SOCIAL PROTECTION | VALUE ADDED | FISCAL RESULTS | QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS | REFORM PROCESS | STATE GOVERNMENTS | DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS | MACROECONOMIC POLICY | QUALITY OF EDUCATION | SOCIAL SECURITY | POLITICAL POWER | TAX TYPE | TAX REVENUES | POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION | CHIEF EXECUTIVES | FINANCIAL SUPPORT | PRICE STABILITY | CENTRAL BANKS | SOCIETY | TAX POLICY | REGULATORY AGENCIES | PROPERTY RIGHTS | TAX REVENUE | TRANSPORT | BASIC SERVICES | BUDGET INSTITUTIONS | EAST EUROPEAN | GROWTH MODELS | FOREIGN DEBT CRISIS | REGRESSION ANALYSIS | EXPORTS | GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES | MARKET DEVELOPMENT | PUBLIC AGENCIES | EXCHANGE RATE | MUNICIPALITIES | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE | OPERATING EFFICIENCY | PENSION SYSTEMS | BUDGET DEFICITS | CAPITAL MARKETS | GDP PER CAPITA | PRIVATE BANKS | SOCIAL ASSISTANCE | FISCAL PROBLEM | EDUCATION REFORM | TAX SYSTEMS | DEREGULATION | TAX INCIDENCE | PRIVATE PENSION | SOUTH AMERICA | PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS | Public Administration and Policy Making | macroeconomic reform | LADF | Washington Consensus | privatization | Judicial Administration and Legal Reform | education reform | Latin American Development Forum | deregulation reform | neoliberalism | state reform | Fiscal Policy

In the past fifteen years, most countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have shifted from predominantly collective... 
Land reform | Agriculture and state | Azerbaijan | Former Soviet republics | Moldova | Bulgaria | Kazakhstan | SMALL FARMS | POPULATION | LAND OWNERSHIP | POOR | ALLOCATION OF LAND | RURAL REALITIES | EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE | FARM EFFICIENCY | CROPS | PRIVATIZATION | CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT | LAND DISTRIBUTION | DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME | CROP PRODUCTION | GOVERNMENT REFORM | RURAL SERVICE | DECENTRALIZATION | AGRICULTURAL PRICES | FARM WORKERS | TRUST FUNDS | AGRICULTURAL SECTOR | FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS | HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS | SUBSIDIARY | POVERTY RATES | RURAL HOUSEHOLDS | WAGE EMPLOYMENT | LABOR POWER | RURAL PEOPLE | FARM PRODUCTION | LEGISLATION | EQUIPMENT | INCOME | DISTRIBUTIVE LAND REFORM | AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT | RURAL SERVICES | AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES | PROFITABILITY | RURAL INCOMES | CREDIT PROGRAMS | MARKETING | RURAL | INFLATION | LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION | AID AGENCIES | AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT | DISTRIBUTIVE LAND | EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES | LAND REFORMS | SOCIAL SERVICES | COUNTERFACTUAL | COMMUNITY LIFE | RURAL SECTOR | DROUGHT | EXTENSION | DEBT | HOUSEHOLD HEADS | RURAL POVERTY | LAND TITLES | AGRICULTURAL YIELDS | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION | MORAL HAZARD | CULTIVATED LAND | FAMILY FARMS | INFLATION RATES | LAND REFORM | DRINKING WATER | BUDGET CONSTRAINTS | POOR COUNTRIES | EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION | RURAL DEVELOPMENT | PRIVATE OWNERSHIP | RETIREMENT | PUBLIC SERVICES | FOOD PROCESSING | RURAL SERVICE PROVISION | RURAL UNEMPLOYMENT | OIL | NONFARM INCOME | CROP YIELDS | SOCIAL SECURITY | RURAL PUBLIC | LAND REDISTRIBUTION | WAGES | HOUSEHOLD BUDGET | AGRICULTURAL LAND | RURAL AREAS | WELFARE BENEFITS | FARM HOUSEHOLDS | RURAL INHABITANTS | RURAL POPULATION | SMALL-SCALE FARMING | LOCAL GOVERNMENT | RURAL EMPLOYMENT | FARMERS | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | GENDER | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS | LIVESTOCK | PENSIONS | DISTRIBUTION OF LAND | UNEMPLOYMENT | AGRICULTURAL POLICY | RURAL FARMER | AGRARIAN REFORMS | POOR ENVIRONMENT | COLLECTIVE FARMS | COMMERCIAL FARMERS | FOOD SAFETY | RURAL INCOME | PRODUCTIVITY | RURAL RESIDENTS | INCOME GROWTH

Social security | Health care reform | Pensions

Old age pensions | Aging | Economic aspects | Age distribution (Demography) | Government policy

The future of retirement programs is troubled, both in the United States and in most other developed countries with aging populations. As improvements in... 
Politics & government | Social security | Retirement income | Older people | Retirement | Employment | Finance | Economic aspects

"This book challenges existing theories of welfare state change by analyzing pension reforms in France, Germany, and Switzerland between 1970 and 2004. It... 
Government policy | Pensions | France | Switzerland | Germany

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... 
Social security | Pensions | Finance & Accounting | political economy | Latin America

Mandatory pension systems are a worldwide phenomenon. Many need reform. This book, a summary of a longer book, sets out an extensive but nontechnical... 
economic systems | Pension systems | Insurance | Aging crisis | Social security | Annuities | Demographic change | Defined-benefit pensions | Retirement | Defined-contribution pensions | Pension design

Defined contribution pension plans | Pensions

This report examines why some policy reforms get implemented and others languish by examining 20 structural reform efforts in 10 OECD countries over the past... 
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) | Economic stabilization | OECD countries Economic policy | Encyclopaedias & Reference Works | Social sciences | Publicaciones periodicas | Ciencias sociales | Articulos | Publicaciones periódicas | Periodicals | Libros electronicos | Artículos

Old age pensions | Aging | Economic aspects | Social security | Pensions | Finance

To what extent do international organizations, global policy networks, and transnational policy entrepreneurs influence domestic policy makers? Have we entered... 
Social security | Government policy | Pensions | Finance & Accounting | Political Science | POLITICAL SCIENCE | Comparative Politics | Public Policy

This new book provides a cross-country comparative analysis of the key issues shaping the latest pension reforms in Europe: political games, welfare models and... 
Pensions | International Political Economy | Political Economy | Welfare | Public Administration & Management | European Politics | Social Policy | Age & Ageing | Retirement income | Government policy | Europe

This book, first published in 2004, presents an academic and a practical aspect on managing pension funds to clarify the global debate on social security. The... 
Pension trusts | Finance & Accounting | Social security

Women | Old age pensions | Pensions

Canada | Retirement income | Pensions