The welfare state and global health: Latin America, the Arab world and the politics of social class El estado de bienestar y la salud global: América Latina, el mundo árabe y la política de la clase social

.During the 1980s and 1990s, high level of indebtedness inimpoverished countries led to the implementation of StructuralAdjustment Policies (SAPs) conducted by the International Mon-etary Fund with the support of the World Bank. These policiesinvolve conditions for getting new loans or lower the interestrates of current loans