This document represents a contribution made by the Tripartite Committee comprising the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Pathways to...

The objective of this project is to contribute to the understanding of how technological changes influence public sector reforms, particularly, the theme of Civil Service and Technological Changes. This will be a step toward comparing, at the Latin American and Caribbean regional level, the...

This document represents a contribution made by the Tripartite Committee comprising the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Pathways to...

The main objective of the Joint Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) and the Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR) is to contribute to the implementation of Public Sector Modernization Vision and Strategy for 2002-2012 and its Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework. It also...

This presentation discusses Civil Service Indices and gives an in-depth analysis. Countries included in the study are: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela. It was presented in the 3rd Hemispheric Meeting for...

En esta edición de Microempresa se presentan dos artículos principales. En el primero, se examina por qué siendo las instituciones microfinancieras (IMF) una oportunidad atractiva para los inversores privados, son tan pocos los inversores financieros y sociales privados que proveen fondos a...

Esta edición de IDEA pregunta por qué países que han intentado adoptar políticas y reformas similares han tenido experiencias muy distintas. Se inspira en el IPES 2006, La política de las políticas públicas, para analizar a los personajes que participan en el proceso de diseño de...

Para lograr un adecuado equilibrio social y consolidar el funcionamiento del sistema democrático, los países han de contar con sistemas fiscales equitativos que favorezcan el desarrollo económico, que tengan capacidad recaudatoria para financiar un nivel adecuado de gasto público y con...

This sector note comments about the dominance of the public sector in the economic and social spheres in Trinidad and Tobago. The public sector has many positive characteristics as well-established organizational structures. This strength, however, is counter-balanced by numerous challenges. It...

This document presents the Program to Support the Climate Change Agenda I. Its main objective is to support the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT) in strengthening and modernizing the regulatory, institutional and policy framework to integrate climate change and its impacts into national...