Welfare, Poverty and Development in Latin America

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Christopher Abel, Colin M. Lewis

      Pages 1-29

3. Part One

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. Evolution of Aggregate Welfare and Development Indicators in Latin America and the OECD, 1950–85

      • Jose Miguel Albala-Bertrand

      Pages 33-47

   3. Determinants of Social Insurance/Security Costs and Coverage: An International Comparison with a Focus on Latin America

      • Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Maria A. Cruz-Saco, Lorena Zamalloa

      Pages 49-74

   4. Urban Wages and Welfare

      • Ian Roxborough

      Pages 75-107

   5. Self-Help Housing during Recession

      • Alan Gilbert

      Pages 109-132

   6. Growth, Distribution and Basic Needs in Peru and Colombia

      • Rosemary Thorp

      Pages 133-145

4. Part Two

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Bonos, Beneficios, y Bienestar: A Study of Wages, Work and Welfare on Peruvian Sugar Plantations

      • Christopher D. Scott

      Pages 149-174

   3. Social Insurance: Ideology and Policy in the Argentine, c. 1920–66

      • Colin M. Lewis

      Pages 175-200

   4. Welfare, Oil Workers and the Labour Movement in Venezuela

      • Steve Ellner

      Pages 201-219

   5. Utopia in Uruguay Redefined: Social Welfare Policy After 1940

      • Henry Finch

      Pages 221-237

   6. Education and Training in Colombia, 1940s to 1960s

      • Aline Helg

      Pages 239-255

   7. Puerto Rico: A Model of Welfare Capitalism? c. 1945–70

      • Christopher Abel

      Pages 257-280

   8. Social Equity, Agrarian Transition and Development in Cuba, 1945–90

      • Jean Stubbs

      Pages 281-295

   9. Social Security in Haiti: Informal Initiative in a Welfare-less State

      • Mats Lundahl

      Pages 297-315

   10. Market Modernization Policy in Bogotá: Welfare Consequences for Low-Income Market-Sellers

       • Caroline O. N. Moser

       Pages 317-339

   11. Politics, Equity and Social Security Policy in Brazil: A Case-Study of Statecraft and Citizenship, 1965–85

       • James M. Malloy, Carlos A. Parodi

       Pages 341-364

   12. Welfare in Nicaragua: The Somocista and Sandinista Experiences Compared

       • Peter Sollis

       Pages 365-385

The book analyzes the social consequences of recent development strategies in Latin America. The volume introduces readers to official strategies, private initiatives and individual responses to issues of welfare and poverty during the twentieth century. These issues are addressed from several disciplines. A substantial introduction is followed by a wide range of case-studies, including Pinochet's Chile, the Haiti of the Duvaliers and Nicaragua under the somocistas and sandinistas, as well as Brazil, Mexico, the Argentine, Cuba and Colombia.

• Brazil
• Chile
• Haiti
• poverty
• social policy

• University College London, UK

  Christopher Abel

• London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

  Colin M. Lewis

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