We argue that several easily identifiable structural features constitute the key ingredients of effective state bureaucracies and should help to predict ratings of bureaucratic performance: competitive salaries, internal promotion and career stability, and meritocratic recruitment. We collect a...

Institutions and economic adjustment / Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman -- International influence on economic policy: Debt, stabilization, and structural reform / Barbara Stallings -- External influence, conditionality, and the politics of adjustment / Miles Kahler -- The state as problem...

As the number and scope of platform companies grow, platform-specific talent and leadership demands have grown. This paper explores the growing demand for platform professionals and leadership competencies. The authors collected and analyzed over 11,080 platform job postings over one year by...

In order to analyze Brazil's recent accumulation of capital in the light of its continued dependence, Peter Evans focuses on the relationships among multinational corporations, local private entrepreneurs, and state-owned enterprises that have developed in Brazil over the last decade. He argues...