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By William Savedoff, Ricardo Hausmann, and Claudia Piras; Juan Carlos Navarro; and Mayra Bunivic

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Preface

Reform of Social Service Delivery Systems in Latin America
William D. Savedoff, Ricardo Hausmann, and Claudia Piras

Implementing Social Reform: Lessons from the Venezuelan Experience
Juan Carlos Navarro

Women’s Issues in Social Reform: Challenges and Opportunities in LAC Countries
Mayra Buvinic

Preface

These papers were prepared as a part of an ongoing project organized by the Latin American Program on The Politics and Administration of Social Development: Strategies to Alleviate Poverty. The Project combines analysis of existing policies with public discussion of critical issues in social and public sector reform in Latin America. The Wilson Center's Latin American Program has commissioned innovative research papers from leading scholars to examine recent efforts to design and implement more effective social policy in Latin America on a national and local level. These research findings are presented in public workshops, bringing the latest scholarly analysis of social welfare reform to the attention of policy makers and practitioners, both official and nongovernmental, with the goal of facilitating consensus among political decision makers.

The papers in this publication were presented at the first seminar of this project, entitled "The Administration of Social Policies," held at the Wilson Center on March 14, 1996. The Latin American Program wishes to express its gratitude to Ricardo Hausmann, Willliam Savedoff, Juan Carlos Navarro, and Mayra Buvinic for their participation in this project. Their papers set the tone for the beginning of a thoughtful examination and exchange of ideas concerning poverty alleviation, development strategies, and social reform. The Latin American Program is also grateful to the Tinker Foundation for their generous support of this project.

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