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Sumaria, S. (2010). The financing of the medical assistance and the pensions in developing countries. Ágora USB, 10(2), 299–317. https://doi.org/10.21500/16578031.372
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Abstract

The objective of this research is to draw the attention about the influence of private financial institutions on health care and pension insurance in developing countries, thanks to a comparative search in some Latin American countries that have developed similar models of privatization in the sector of social protection: health care and pensions.

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