In a world in which 50 percent of the population is virtually excluded from the benefits of information and communication technology, bridging the digital gap has become an imperative for the international community, particularly for the industrialized countries. The objective of this study is...

In a world in which 50 percent of the population is virtually excluded from the benefits of information and communication technology, bridging the digital gap has become an imperative for the international community, particularly for the industrialized countries. The objective of this study is...

This paper discusses the impact of electronic commerce on the private sector of developing countries and outlines the potential role of the Inter American Development Bank in promoting the use of ICT by small and medium businesses. Information Technology is also reshaping other sectors that are...

Esta guía ha sido desarrollada para el Diálogo Regional de Política del BID. Está diseñada para ayudar a los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) a optimizar su acercamiento al gobierno electrónico mediante un enfoque adecuado y la identificación de buenas prácticas, desafíos...

This presentation was commissioned by the Public Management and Transparency Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the 3rd Hemispheric Meeting on November 14th and 15th, 2002. This presentation covers an overview of the Toolkit project, the approach and result of the final project, and key...

This toolkit is designed to help Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments optimize their approach to e-government by framing the issues and identifying good practices, challenges, and lessons learned. The research for this project included a review of academic and business literature, as...

This paper analyzes the political economy of productivity-related policymaking in Chile following a political transaction cost model (Spiller and Tommasi, 2003; Murillo et al., 2008). The main findings indicate that i) the Chilean policymaking process (PMP) was successful in the 1990s in...

This paper analyzes reforms and counter-reforms in Bolivia in recent decades and their effects on the policymaking process (PMP) and productivity. Bolivias PMP has shifted from a formal representative democracy to a participative and direct type of democracy where street protest and other...

This paper describes private actors' involvement in Colombia's policymaking process. While more transparent and formal channels are used to discuss horizontal policies, they are also less effective. The adoption of targeted policies, however, follows a faster track and depends more on political...

This paper examines how the main characteristics of Argentinas policymaking process (PMP) affect the productivity of its economy using the conceptual framework presented in Murillo, Scartascini and Tommasi (2008), Stein et al. (2008), Spiller and Tommasi (2007), and IDB (2005). First, the paper...