The objective of this paper is to analyze the long-run economic and productive evolution of State Sanitation Works (SSW), the state-owned monopoly that provides piped water to the whole country and sewage management to rural areas. This research was carried out within the framework of the...

This paper analyzes the evolution of the social security system in Uruguay, from the 19th century to the re-institutionalization of the “Banco de Previsión Social” (BPS) in 1986. It is common to consider that the legislation of retirement began in 1896 with the foundation of the first fund;...