This paper analyzes the reaction of teachers' and doctors' unions to a series of social sector reforms in the region, including administrative decentralization, provider payment mechanisms, and the introduction of performance evaluation and private provision. It combines the literature of...

pt. 1. Objectives and political economy of social protection reforms -- pt. 2. The legal framework of social protection reforms -- pt. 3. Political feasibility of basic social protection -- pt. 4. Social protection systems : between fragmentation and integration -- pt. 5. Social protection...