This article examines the use and dissemination of the concept of participation in environmental and development … hypothesis advanced here is that the current use of the concept of participation is typical of a buzzword, being rhetorically …

This paper analyses the nature of the household’s expenditure with medical care, in special, with health plans - during … the families, we make a description and analysis about the magnitude and the distribution of health expe nditures in 1987 … and 1996. Particul arly, we focus the evaluation on the health insurance plans, giving special attention on the results …