[H1] Financial Systems and Welfare Provision: Interrelationships Between Institutional Structures, Trade Dynamics, and Social Protection

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[1H102] Can low- and middle-income countries become welfare states? From the perspective of advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

*Hitoshi MURAKAMI¹ (1. Bureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (From 1 April 2025, Japan Institute for Health Security))

Keywords:

welfare states,Universal Health Coverage (UHC),low- and middle-income countries (LMICs),neoliberalism,Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs),social security