This document is part of a series of studies commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank for the first meeting of the Regional Policy Dialogue in Transparency and Public Policy, to be held in the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., the 26 and 27 of April, 2001. The paper has two...

This document is part of a series of studies commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank for the first meeting of the Regional Policy Dialogue in Transparency and Public Policy, to be held in the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., the 26 and 27 of April, 2001. It discusses...

This study sought to compare and analyze salaries paid to senior managers in the public sector in some Latin American countries.

Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Gestión Públlica y Transparencia del Diálogo Regional de Política para la III Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 14 y 15 de noviembre de 2002. Este trabalho visa analisar o sistema de serviço civil e a gestão de recursos humanos da...

This study analyzes how to bring about meaningful public management policy change, whose immediate impact is upon the administrative tools available to central decision-makers as well as the administrative context facing the operating parts of government. This study places more emphasis upon the...

This text is an account of the public management reform episode. It applies a narrative structure (BARZELAY et al, 2001) to establish the chain of events that need to be explained. The narrative is organized around key events within the episode and related to its occurrence.

This presentation was commissioned by the Public Management and Transparency Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IV Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on December 11th and 12th, 2003. Compare and analyze the wages obtained by top officials in the public sector in Latin America. Discuss...

This presentation was commissioned by the Public Management and Transparency Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the III Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on November 14th and 15th, 2002. Reform wave triggered by: fiscal duress Electoral competition; market-centered openess; Dominant...

This study develops a conceptual and analytical reference framework for the preparation of case studies on political determinants of the level of success of the reforms of the system of public-sector personnel in Latin America. Its main goal is to orient the empirical work toward the evaluation...

This study comprehensively examined institutional arrangements for the management of public employment and human resources in the central government agencies, how these arrangements work and the context of these arrangements. In other words, the study focused on the contexts, structures,...