This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Chile. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major health...

The growing importance of food quality and safety standards in international markets is influencing production and marketing conditions of farmers worldwide. The effects of this development on small-scale farmers in developing countries are controversially discussed in the scientific debate....

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