0179/2018 - Banco Mundial, reforma dos Estados e ajuste das políticas sociais na América Latina. The World Bank, state reform, and the adjustment of social policies in Latin America.
Este artigo analisa brevemente os pontos centrais da agenda do Banco Mundial para a reforma dos Estados nacionais na América Latina, no período de 1980 a 2017. O texto se baseia em documentos do próprio Banco Mundial e na literatura especializada. Inicialmente, apresenta alguns aspectos relevantes da história do Banco Mundial e de sua configuração como organização multilateral. A seguir, discute o papel da instituição na promoção de programas de ajuste estrutural das economias da região durante a década de 1980, baseado numa agenda hipermercadista. Após, aborda o processo de renovação e ampliação da agenda política do Banco do final dos anos 1990 em diante, calcado na manutenção do ajuste macroeconômico, na promoção de reformas institucionais e no combate à pobreza extrema. Por fim, discute as linhas centrais da agenda do Banco de reforma das políticas sociais, entre as quais a de saúde.
This article briefly analyses the central points of the World Bank’s agenda for the reform of national states in Latin America, between 1980 and 2017. The text is based on World Bank documents and specialized literature. Initially some relevant aspects of the history of the World Bank and its configuration as a multilateral organization are presented. Next, it discusses the role of the institution in the encouragement of structural adjustment programs for the economies of the region during the 1980s, based on a hyper-market oriented agenda. Afterwards, the process of the renewal and expansion process of the Bank’s political agendathe end of the 1990s is looked at, which was based on the maintenance of the macroeconomic adjustment, the encouragement of institutional reforms, and combatting extreme poverty. Finally, the principal lines in the Bank’s social policy reform agenda are discussed, including health.
Keywords:
World Bank; Structural Adjustment; Social Policies; Health Reform; Public-Private Partnerships.
The World Bank, state reform, and the adjustment of social policies in Latin America.
Resumo (abstract):
This article briefly analyses the central points of the World Bank’s agenda for the reform of national states in Latin America, between 1980 and 2017. The text is based on World Bank documents and specialized literature. Initially some relevant aspects of the history of the World Bank and its configuration as a multilateral organization are presented. Next, it discusses the role of the institution in the encouragement of structural adjustment programs for the economies of the region during the 1980s, based on a hyper-market oriented agenda. Afterwards, the process of the renewal and expansion process of the Bank’s political agendathe end of the 1990s is looked at, which was based on the maintenance of the macroeconomic adjustment, the encouragement of institutional reforms, and combatting extreme poverty. Finally, the principal lines in the Bank’s social policy reform agenda are discussed, including health.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
World Bank; Structural Adjustment; Social Policies; Health Reform; Public-Private Partnerships.
Pereira, JMM. Banco Mundial, reforma dos Estados e ajuste das políticas sociais na América Latina.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Abr). [Citado em 08/11/2024].
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