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Collective Bargaining Systems in Six Latin American Countries : Degrees of Autonomy and Decentralization (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay)

O'Connell, Lesley - 2014

The transition to a market driven development strategy in Latin America for more than a decade has redefined business strategies and reshaped the state`s traditional role as guarantor of employment, stability, and protection. These changes, plus the move to create more flexible labor markets in...

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Decentralization and Fiscal Discipline in Subnational Governments : The Bailout Problem in Uruguay

Filgueira, Fernando - 2011

of Uruguay. We argued that Uruguay represents a good example of the risks of fiscal decentralization, in the context of … obligations. In particular, SNGs in Uruguay finance their deficits by accumulating debts with other government agencies and …

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Decentralization and Accountability : The Curse of Local Underdevelopment

Machado, Fabiana V. P. - 2013

Decentralization of provision of public services has been an important item in the agenda of developing countries …. While some scholars and practitioners argue that decentralization is associated with improvements in provision due to higher … accountability, others note its potential pitfalls. In particular, decentralization to local communities characterized by poverty …

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Decentralization and Recentralization : Lessons from the Social Sectors in Mexico and Nicaragua

Gershberg, Alec Ian - 2011

This study is designed to help practitioners prepare and evaluate institutional reforms for education and health programs. It provides an analytic framework for use by public officials and researchers, with case studies that illustrate a wide range of actual practice, and a set of lessons...

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Fiscal Decentralization and Government Size in Latin America

Stein, Ernesto - 2011

Although the region remains highly centralized, the tendency toward decentralization is quite strong. Not only is a … analyze the possible effects of the move toward decentralization on fiscal performance …

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Decentralization, Fiscal Discipline in Sub-National Governments and the Bailout Problem : The Case of Argentina

Nicolini, Juan Pablo - 2011

This paper examines the determinants of fiscal performance of sub-national governments in Argentina. This will be done through analysis and examination of the overall regime of incentives, through an analysis of salient episodes of `bailout` and through cross-sectional empirical analysis. The...

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Fiscal Decentralization in Mexico : The Bailout Problem

Trillo, Fausto Hernández - 2011

The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the determinants and consequences of bailing out states, in particular, those observed in Mexico. This work suggests that the explicit generalized bailout carried out by the federal government in Mexico in 1995 created a moral hazard problem....

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Decentralization and Bailouts in Colombia

Echavarria, Juan Jose - 2011

This paper examines the decentralization process in Colombia, particularly as it relates to reforms embodied in the … incentive structures. The paper provides a summary of the basic features of the decentralization process in Colombia, including …

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The Emergence of Successful Export Activities in Uruguay : Four Case Studies

Snoeck, Michele - 2012

This paper consists of four case studies of the emergence of four successful export activities in Uruguay: computer …

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Protecting Workers Against Unemployment in Uruguay

Amarante, Veronica - 2011

This paper considers the main institutional features of the Uruguayan labor market and its recent evolution, with a focus on unemployment. The main policies aimed at protecting workers against unemployment are analyzed. Using administrative data from social security records, the paper studies...

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