This paper examines factors influencing privatization in solid waste collection and water distribution. We take advantage of data for a sample of municipalities of Aragon to identify the most important factors in small municipalities. The results of empirical analysis show that, for both...

In Bogota reforms in 1991 blocked a market for buying and selling of votes. The patronage lost effectiveness, citizens developed a vote of opinion and the city demonstrated an outstanding performance in the provision of public goods and services. This story is illustrated by a new panel with...

This document aims to analyze empirically the effectiveness of decentralization in Bolivia. Effectiveness is understood as the capacity of local administration to cover its local needs. The research measures the effect of the central government's local investment (the Bolivia Cambia program) on...

In Bogota reforms in 1991 blocked a market for buying and selling of votes. The patronage lost effectiveness, citizens developed a vote of opinion and the city demonstrated an outstanding performance in the provision of public goods and services. This story is illustrated by a new panel with...

This document aims to analyze empirically the effectiveness of decentralization in Bolivia. Effectiveness is understood as the capacity of local administration to cover its local needs. The research measures the effect of the central government's local investment (the Bolivia Cambia program) on...

Spanish Abstract: Este trabajo evalúa el impacto de la elección de candidatos a alcaldías de origen dinástico sobre el desarrollo económico municipal en Colombia. Para realizarlo, se utiliza un diseño de regresión discontinua nítida que permite comparar municipios donde los candidatos...

Bolivia went through a very important territorial transformation following the approval of the Popular Participation Law in 1994, which led to generalised municipal opening. The benefits of this reform were accompanied by a number of negative effects, such as those regarding the system of State...

Este artículo examina la relación dinámica entre la inversión extranjera directa (IED), la inversión pública (IPUB) de los gobiernos locales y el crecimiento económico para el conjunto de las 32 entidades federativas en México agrupadas por región y por nivel de competitividad para el...

Últimamente, se ha generalizado una desconfianza en relación con la gestión de los recursos públicos. Este trabajo mide la eficiencia técnica de las municipali- dades en Chile, haciendo especial énfasis en aquellos factores de tipo político que inciden en la eficiencia en la gestión...