The state of state reform in Latin America / edited by Eduardo Lora.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lora, Eduardo.

World Bank.

Series:

Latin American development forum.

Latin American development forum series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press ; Washington D.C. : World Bank, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980's, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington Consensus, but also a wide variety of institutional or ""second generation"" reforms. The State of State Reform in Latin America reviews and assesses the outcomes of these less studied institutional reforms. This book examines four major areas of institutional reform: a) political institutions and the state organization; b) fiscal institutions, such as budget, tax and decentralization institutions; c) public institutions in charge of...

Contents:

Foreword / Francis Fukuyama

State reform in Latin America : a silent revolution / Eduardo Lora

Reforming the rules of the game : political reform / J. Mark Payne and Juan Cruz Perusia

A brief overview of judicial reform in Latin America : objectives, challenges, and accomplishments / Mariana Sousa

Public administration and public employment reform in Latin America / Koldo Echebarria and Juan Carlos Cortazar

Budgetary institutions / Gabriel Filc and Carlos Scartascini

Trends and outcomes of tax reform / Eduardo Lora

Fiscal and political decentralization reforms / Robert Daughters and Leslie Harper

Privatization and regulation in Latin America / Alberto Chong and Juan Benavides

Two decades of financial reforms / Arturo Galindo, Alejandro Micco, and Ugo Panizza

Productive development policies and supporting institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean / Alberto Melo and Andres Rodriguez-Clare

Reform of pension and social assistance systems / Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Gustavo Marquez

Education reform as reform of the state : Latin America since 1980 / Juan Carlos Navarro.

Notes:

"A copublication of Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Standford University Press, and the World Bank."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-76575-5

9786610765751

0-8213-6576-2

OCLC:

99258977

Publisher Number:

10.1596/978-0-8213-6575-5