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Who Decides the Budget?: A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America
Scartascini, Carlos; Stein, Ernesto H.; Abuelafia, Emmanuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
region in which informality dominates public governance. It includes detailed country analyses which provide comparative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673728
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The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Building Trust in Governance: Towards Effectiveness and Results
Avgerou, Chrisanti; Ciborra, Claudio; Cordella, Antonio; … - Inter-American Development Bank
governance and people-centered development in accordance with the principles contained in the United Nations Millennium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772310
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Governing the Metropolis: Principles and Cases Title: Gobernar las metrópolis
Slack, Enid; Cuadrado-Roura, Juan R.; Güell, José … - Inter-American Development Bank
governance as they apply to the metropolis, and unfolds cases of institutional and programmatic arrangements to tackle such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772441
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An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes
Patten, Christopher; Whitehead, Laurence; Álamo, Óscar del - Inter-American Development Bank
International Institute for Governance of Catalonia in November 2003, with support from the government of Catalonia and the Special …: democracy, governance and well-being. The book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the conference that address …, particularly in Latin America. This book aims to contribute to the reflection and debate on the issues of democracy, governance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772493
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Veto Players, Fickle Institutions and Low-Quality Policies: The Policymaking Process in Ecuador
Acosta, Andrés Mejía; Araujo, María Caridad; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
This paper seeks to understand why political actors, institutions and legal reforms have systematically failed to produce cooperation in the Ecuadorian policymaking process. From a comparative and historical standpoint, Ecuador has been trapped in a cycle of low-quality public policies that fail...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943735
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The Making of Policy: Institutionalized or Not?
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Tommasi, Mariano - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper develops a framework for analyzing different policymaking styles, their causes and their consequences in Latin America, finding that lower institutionalization and greater use of alternative political technologies (APTs) are more likely the lower the cost of using these technologies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943776
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Political Institutions and Policy Outcomes in Colombia: The Effects of the 1991 Constitution
Cárdenas, Mauricio; Junguito, Roberto; Pachón, Mónica - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
The 1991 Colombian Constitution strengthened the checks and balances of the political system by enhancing the role of Congress and the Constitutional Court, while somewhat limiting the powers of the President (who nonetheless remains extremely powerful even by Latin American standards). As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943795
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Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes and Policy Outcomes in Brazil
Alston, Lee J.; Melo, Marcus André; Mueller, Bernardo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
This paper analyses the dynamics of policy-making among the various political institutions in Brazil. The authors find that the driving force behind policies in Brazil is the strong set of powers given to the President, though several institutions constrain and check this power, in particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943803
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Inequality and Institutions
Chong, Alberto E.; Gradstein, Mark - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
This paper presents theory and evidence on the relationship between inequality and institutional quality. We propose a model in which the two dynamically reinforce each other and set out to test this relationship with a broad array of institutional measures. We establish double causality between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943872
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Reforms and Counter-Reforms in Bolivia
Luis Carlos Jemio M.; Fernando Candia C.; José Luis Evia V. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943917