Banking on Health
The World Bank and Health Sector Reform in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2244399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy Gill (0000-0002-8645-9255, University of North Carolina Wilmington), Timothy M Gill (University of North Carolina Wilmington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | e9-e9 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/sf/soy032 |
| OpenAlex | W2799664872 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Within the social sciences, much of the common sense surrounding the behavior of international financial institutions (IFIs), such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), follows a rather conventional line of thinking. It runs something like this: many governments across the world required international funding amid debt crises in the mid-to-late twentieth century. As a result, they requested help from the IMF and WB. In order to ensure that past and now future debts were repaid, these groups demanded cuts to public services, such as education, health, and state employment, in order to free up state funds for debt servicing. In the end, these cuts generated increased inequality and generally benefited only wealthy citizens and transnational corporations. There is, of course, much truth to this story. The IMF and WB did condition their loans based on austerity measures. States that received their assistance often did cut state employment and attempt to downsize state bureaucracies. Many countries did witness escalating rates of inequality throughout the mid-to-late twentieth century.
Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Financial system · Health sector · Health services · Latin Americans · Political science · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |