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Cross Country Comparisons of Public Employment and Pay of 26 Latin American and Caribbean Countries
Payne, J. Mark; Carlson, Ingrid - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
On the basis of available data, this paper compares public sector employment and pay in Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights the methodological challenges of gathering and making valid comparisons on the basis of such data.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009194072
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Nicaragua: A Strengthened Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy
Nicaragua, Government of - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
This paper describes "Nicaragua's Strengthened Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy" (SGPRS). It reflects years of studies, hard-earned experience, and a deepening consultative process.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654687
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Nicaragua: A Strengthened Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy
Nicaragua, Government of - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
This paper describes "Nicaragua's Strengthened Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy" (SGPRS). It reflects years of studies, hard-earned experience, and a deepening consultative process.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193981
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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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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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A Quarter Century of Pension Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Masci, Pietro; Crabbe, Carolin A.; Ríos, Guillermo Larraín - Inter-American Development Bank; The Principal …
This book focuses on experiences with and lessons learned from the sweeping reforms to the pension systems of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s and early 2000s, which shifted the burden of old-age security from the public to the private sector. The book's main objective is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772422
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Aggregate Effects of a Universal Social Insurance Fiscal Reform
Antón, Arturo; Leal, Julio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper analyzes the aggregate effects of a revenue neutral fiscal-cum-social policy reform in a typical developing country that consists of two main changes: (1) the implementation of universal social insurance to replace the current dual social protection system (i.e., a reconfiguration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944039
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Party Age and Party Color: New Results on the Political Economy of Redistribution and Inequality
Keefer, Philip; Milanovic, Branko - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
This working paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries, including 20 Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a central, but still contested, assumption of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240346