This presentation was prepared for an IDB Seminar titled "Brainstorming Session: The Political Economy of Productivity: Actors, Arenas, and Policymaking," held on February 6th, 2009. This research project lies at the intersection of two agendas: 1) 2010 Development in the Americas Report (DIA,...

A Comissão de Modernização da Gestão Fazendária (COGEF), em parceria com o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) e com o apoio do Instituto Publix, iniciou no final de 2011 um projeto para aperfeiçoar e desenvolver metodologia para implementação da gestão para resultados nas...

This paper presents the preliminary results of the study of Civil Service systems and reforms in Barbados, the Bahamas, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The study is based in part on responses to questionnaires that have been completed by the countries. The aim of the paper is: to...

This approach paper describes OVE's approach to evaluating the implementation of the commitments contained in the Ninth General Increase in the Resources of the IDB (IDB-9). OVE's core objective for this evaluation will be to document the progress and effectiveness of implementation to date of...

In IDB-9 the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or Bank) mandated implementation of a corporate results framework (CRF), leading to greater emphasis on results throughout the Bank. This background paper responds to the Governors' request that the Office of Evaluation...

The tax reform of 1965 in Brazil sought to streamline state taxation, replacing the old tax on sales and consignment (IVC) with a modern value added tax on the circulation of goods (ICM) as part of a profound change that aimed to build a national tax system. During the process of drafting the...

This presentation was commissioned by the Public Management and Transparency Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the 3rd Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on November 14th and 15th, 2002. This presentation discusses the questions, "How can government leaders act effectively to improve...

The budget process is increasingly considered key for reform efforts to improve fiscal outcomes. The authors embark on a political economy analysis of the budget process in Argentina, in the spirit of the IDB project "Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes and Policy Outcomes" in order...

The purpose of this paper is to examine how Italy is innovating and changing its public administration. It will focus on the reforms that are currently being implemented in Italy, with specific reference to the Government modernization model.