TY - BOOK ID - 16191577 TI - Banking on Health : The World Bank and Health Sector Reform in Latin America PY - 2017 SN - 3319617656 3319617648 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Social sciences. KW - Public health. KW - International economics. KW - Health economics. KW - Medical economics. KW - Development economics. KW - Political sociology. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Political Sociology. KW - Public Health. KW - Health Economics. KW - International Economics. KW - Development Economics. KW - Economics, Medical KW - Health KW - Health economics KW - Hygiene KW - Medical care KW - Medicine KW - Mass political behavior KW - Political behavior KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - Economics KW - Economic development KW - Economic policy, Foreign KW - Economic relations, Foreign KW - Economics, International KW - Foreign economic policy KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International economic policy KW - International economics KW - New international economic order KW - Economic policy KW - International relations KW - Economic sanctions KW - Community health KW - Health services KW - Hygiene, Public KW - Hygiene, Social KW - Public health services KW - Public hygiene KW - Sanitary affairs KW - Social hygiene KW - Human services KW - Biosecurity KW - Health literacy KW - Medicine, Preventive KW - National health services KW - Sanitation KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Economic aspects KW - Sociological aspects KW - Health care reform KW - World Bank. KW - Health reform KW - Health system reform KW - Healthcare reform KW - Medical care reform KW - Reform of health care delivery KW - Reform of medical care delivery KW - Medical policy KW - Health insurance UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16191577 AB - This book addresses the puzzle of why the World Bank was unable to effect sweeping neoliberal health reforms in Latin America from the 1980s onward. Through the use of quantitative regional data together with interview and archival data collected during fieldwork in Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, and Washington DC, this book argues that the answer to this puzzle is twofold. First, the World Bank has not promoted a uniformly neoliberal, monolithic agenda in health. Second, countries’ autonomy and capacity in this sector shape how the World Bank is involved in reforms. Finally, the book distinguishes neoliberal ends from means in health sector reform and traces changes in “banking on health” over time. . ER -