Confrontados con perturbaciones macroeconomicas recurrentes, los gobiernos de America Latina y el Caribe se han preocupado cada vez mas de establecer o fortalecer sistemas de proteccion social y programas de redes de seguridad. Este articulo se centra en las redes de seguridad financiadas o...

El liberalismo vigente en America Latina puede inducir a confiar a la mano invisible del mercado la tarea redistributiva. En el presente articulo se intenta contribuir al acervo de conocimientos sobre el papel del estado en materia de transferencia de recursos y atencion a los pobres en Costa...

Social protection programs are needed more than ever during periods of social upheaval, but are also likely to be even harder to implement successfully. Furthermore, social upheaval makes measuring the impact of such policies all the more difficult. We study the impact of a multi-faceted social...

One of the major social policy issues facing the U.S. in the first decade of the 21st century is the large number of Americans lacking health insurance. This article surveys the major economic issues around covering the uninsured. I review the facts on insurance coverage and the nature of the...