This paper has a double purpose. First, the author intends to discuss what is in game when the public social security is changed for private systems based on individual savings. Second, she aims to analyze why the neoliberal reforms are accepted easier in Latin America (with exception of Brazil)...

This paper reviews the principal neo-liberal policy measures implemented in Latin America in the last decade and their impact on equity. It first emphasizes the difficulty of separating the repercussions of liberalization measures from the necessary fiscal adjustments of the 1980s, and their...

O processo de privatização dos bancos estaduais ocorrido no Brasil durante a década de 1990 – as circunstâncias em que se deu, as implicações econômicas, sociais e políticas, o impacto sobre a centralização-concentração bancaria, entre outras questões -, continua ainda um campo...