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dc.titleLatin American Unions and the Reform of Social Service Delivery Systems: Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice
dc.contributor.authorMurillo, Maria Victoria
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2010-12-17T00:00:00
dc.date.issue1996-12-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractRecent policy debates on the reform of social service delivery systems focus on the decentralization of services and the introduction of competition in order to improve the quality of services. Despite the common assumption that public sector unions oppose these reforms, their responses were diverse. This paper argues that the structure of union organization and the environment of party and union competition are fundamental for understanding union policy preferences and strategic choices regarding the reforms of social service delivery systems. Mexico and Argentina education and health reforms in the early 1990s are used to illustrate the influence of these institutional features on the policy preferences and strategic choices of public sector unions.
dc.format.extent24
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010750
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Latin-American-Unions-and-the-Reform-of-Social-Service-Delivery-Systems-Institutional-Constraints-and-Policy-Choice.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectSocial Service
dc.subjectPublic Service Delivery
dc.subjectLabor Organization
dc.subject.keywordsWP-332
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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