Abstract:“Uruguay’s welfare state can be characterised by its universal primary education system, its early and robust social security system as well as widespread health coverage and benefits. Uruguay also has one of Latin America’s highest levels of social spending in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (24.3 per cent) and as a percentage of total public spending (80.6 per cent)..”(…)

Keywords:Social Protection Systems, Latin America, the Caribbean, Uruguay
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Type/Issue:One Pager/268
ISSN:2318-9118

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