1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797386303321

Titolo

Health care for all : toward universal health coverage and equity in Latin America and the Caribbean : evidence from selected countries / / edited by Tania Dmytraczenko and Gisele Almeida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : The World Bank Group, , 2015

ISBN

1-4648-0455-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource(pages cm)

Collana

Directions in development

Disciplina

362.1098

Soggetti

Public health - Latin America

Social medicine - Latin America

Medical policy - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Setting the context for universal health coverage reforms in LAC -- Universal health coverage policies in LAC -- Progress toward universal coverage in LAC : outcomes, utilization, and financial protection -- Assessing progress toward universal coverage : beyond utilization and financial protection.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past three decades, many countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have recognized health as a human right. Since the early 2000's, 46 million more people in the countries studied are covered by health programs with explicit guarantees of affordable care. Reforms have been accompanied by a rise in public spending for health, financed largely from general revenues that prioritized or explicitly target the population without capacity to pay. Political commitment has generally translated into larger budgets as well as passage of legislation that ring-fenced funding for health. Most



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910815147603321

Titolo

The markets for force : privatization of security across world regions / / edited by Molly Dunigan and Ulrich Petersohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8122-9143-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

355.3/5

Soggetti

Private security services

National security

Security sector

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diverse Markets for Force in Latin America: From Argentina to Guatemala -- 3. The Military Protection Markets in Peru and Ecuador: A Detailed Analysis -- 4. The Market for Force in the United Kingdom: The Recasting of the Monopoly of Violence and the Management of Force as a Public- Private Enterprise Carlos Ortiz -- 5. The Market for Private Force in the Czech Republic -- 6. Informal but Diverse: The Market for Exported Force from Russia and Ukraine -- 7. The Markets for Force in Afghanistan -- 8. China’s Managed Market for Force -- 9. The Canadian Market for Force -- 10. The Market for Force in the United States -- 11. The Causes and Consequences of Different Types of Markets for Force -- Appendix: Testing the Relative Explanatory Power of the “Market Types” Argument` -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

The Markets for Force examines and compares the markets for private military and security contractors in twelve nations: Argentina, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, China, Canada, and the United States. Editors Molly Dunigan and Ulrich Petersohn argue that the global market for force is actually a conglomeration of many types of markets



that vary according to local politics and geostrategic context. Each case study investigates the particular characteristics of the region's market, how each market evolved into its current form, and what consequence the privatized market may have for state military force and the provision of public safety. The comparative standpoint sheds light on better-known markets but also those less frequently studied, such as the state-owned and -managed security companies in China, militaries working for private sector extractive industries in Ecuador and Peru, and the ways warlord forces overlap with private security companies in Afghanistan. An invaluable resource for scholars and policymakers alike, The Markets for Force offers both an empirical analysis of variations in private military and security companies across the globe and deeper theoretical knowledge of how such markets develop. Contributors: Olivia Allison, Oldrich Bures, Jennifer Catallo, Molly Dunigan, Scott Fitzsimmons, Maiah Jaskoski, Kristina Mani, Carlos Ortiz, Ulrich Petersohn, Jake Sherman, Christopher Spearin.