Towards a universal social protection model in Latin America

This document analyzes the State’s role in social matters, in terms of social insurance and protection, social promotion and investment, and its distributive and redistributive role. It also describes changes and major trends in the region’s social investment and protection between the beginning of the twentieth century and the 1980s and outlines what is being termed “the reform of social reforms” in the twenty-first century, in the light of the challenges of the region’s social development. Three recent models of universalism are presented, as well as the debates on their potential and limitations. The paper concludes with a summary of the universalist social protection project emerging in the region.

Social Panorama of Latin America 2010

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Ciclo económico y programas de compensación social

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Inserción laboral, mercados de trabajo y protección social

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Social protection systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Plurinational State of Bolivia

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E-commerce and export promotion policies for small- and medium-sized enterprises: East Asian and Latin American experiences

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Is the Czech economy a success story?: the case of CzechInvest, the strategic promotion agency in Czech industrial restructuring

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Macroeconomic volatility and social vulnerability in Brazil: the Cardoso government (1995-2002) and perspectives

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Inserción laboral, mercados de trabajo y protección social

Incluye Bibliografía

First Europe-Latin America Dialogue on Promotion of Energy Efficiency

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Quality management promotion to improve competitiveness

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Establishing social statistical databases for evidenced-based social policy formulation in the Caribbean

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Protection et promotion sociales en Haïti: La stratégie nationale d´assistance sociale (SNAS/EDE PEP), enjeux stratégiques et institutionnels

Ce document a été élaboré par la Commission économique pour l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes (CEPALC), dans le cadre des activités du projet “Time for Equality: Strengthening the Institutional Framework of Social Policies”. Le présent document est la version finale de l´étude commandée par la CEPALC, en réponse à une demande d´assistance technique de l´État haïtien.