External pressures and international norms in Latin American pension reform

Working Paper of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Volumn , Issue 323, 2006, Pages

  Weyland, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GLOBALIZATION; PENSION SYSTEM; POLICY REFORM; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOVEREIGNTY;

BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548040933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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