Twenty Years of Health System Reform in Brazil

Abstract

is the Human Development Sector Leader for Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay at the World Bank, based in Buenos Aires. Previously, he served as Human Development Sector Leader for Brazil, based in Brasilia; human development country sector coordinator for the Western Balkans, based in Sarajevo; and human development economist, based in Washington, DC. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Bocconi University in Milan, a master of science degree in demography from the London School of Economics, and a doctorate in statistical demography from Princeton University. Magnus Lindelow is the Human Development Sector Leader (Health, Education, and Social Protection) at the World Bank in Brazil. He holds a doctorate in economics from Oxford University. At the World Bank, he has worked on health system reform, service delivery, public expenditure management, and poverty and social protection issues. Over the last few years, he has been involved in projects and research in Cambodia, China,

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