title: [Administrative deconcentration and social benefits].
abstract: This paper defines the concepts of deconcentration and decentralization in terms of the different approaches and doctrines that relate to the two processes. In addition, it describes the two types of deconcentration, functional and territorial, stressing the importance of implementing both types and placing special emphasis on the role of space both in the structure of health service administration and in the distribution of authority between the State and the decentralized agencies. Finally, the relationship between deconcentration, democracy, community participation, and social benefits is analyzed, and possible ways to shift responsibility to decentralized agencies are suggested.
authors: Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES), Santiago, Chile.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Palma
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Rufián
mesh_terms: D006076:Government; D007843:Latin America; D012946:Social Welfare
vernacular_title: La desconcentración administrativa y las prestaciones sociales.