The State of State Reforms in Latin America

Eduardo Lora

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Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, 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 sectoral economic policies (financial, industrial, and infrastructure); and
d. social sector institutions (pensions, social protection, and education).
In each of these areas, the authors summarize the reform objectives, describe and measure their scope, assess the main outcomes, and identify the obstacles for implementation, especially those of an institutional nature.

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• Publié par: world-bank-publications
• Publié le: 23 octobre 2006
• Nombre de lectures: 27
• EAN13: 9780821365762
• Langue: English
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The State of
State Reform in
Latin America
Foreword by
Francis Fukuyama
Edited by
Eduardo Lora
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSThe State of State Reform
in Latin AmericaThe State of
State Reform in
Latin America
Edited by
Eduardo Lora
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Development Forum Series
This series was created in 2003 to promote debate, disseminate informa-
tion and analysis, and convey the excitement and complexity of the most
topical issues in economic and social development in Latin America and
the Caribbean. It is sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank,
the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean, and the World Bank. The manuscripts chosen for publication
represent the highest quality in each institution’s research and activity out-
put and have been selected for their relevance to the academic community,
policy makers, researchers, and interested readers.
Advisory Committee Members
Inés Bustillo, Director, Washington Office, Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations
Guillermo Calvo, Chief Economist, Inter-American Development Bank
José Luis Guasch, Regional Adviser, Latin America and the Caribbean
Region, World Bank
Stephen Haber, A. A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor, Department
of Political Science, Stanford University; Peter and Helen Bing Senior
Fellow, the Hoover Institution
Eduardo Lora, Principal Adviser, Research Department, Inter-American
Development Bank
José Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean, United Nations
Guillermo E. Perry, Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean
Region, World Bank
Luis Servén, Research Manager, Development Economics Vice Presidency,
World BankAbout the Contributors
Juan Benavides is a senior infrastructure specialist in the Sustainable De-
velopment Department at the Inter-American Development Bank, Wash-
ington, DC.
Alberto Chong is principal research economist in the Research Depart-
ment at the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC.
Juan Carlos Cortázar is a modernization of state specialist in Regional Op-
erations Department 1 of the Inter-American Development Bank, Wash-
ington, DC.
Robert Daughters is a principal urban development specialist in the Sus-
tainable Development Department at the Inter-American Development
Bank, Washington, DC.
Koldo Echebarría is the country office representative in Chile of the Inter-
American Development Bank, Santiago, Chile.
Gabriel Filc is a project coordinator and researcher at CIPPEC (Centro de
Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento),
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Arturo Galindo is a professor in the Department of Economics at Univer-
sidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
Leslie Harper is a modernization of state specialist in the Sustainable De-
velopment Department at the Inter-American Development Bank, Wash-
ington, DC.
Eduardo Lora is the principal adviser in the Research Department at the
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC.
Gustavo Márquez is the principal labor adviser in the Research Depart-
ment at the Interashington, DC.
viiviii about the contributors
Alberto Melo is a senior country economist in Regional Operations
Department 3 at the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington,
DC.
Carmelo Mesa-Lago is distinguished professor emeritus, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Alejandro Micco is the director of Capital Markets at the Ministry of
Finance of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Juan Carlos Navarro is chief of the Education Unit of the Sustainable De-
velopment Department at the Inter-American Development Bank, Wash-
ington, DC.
Ugo Panizza is a senior research economist in the Research Department at
the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC.
J. Mark Payne is a civil society specialist in the Sustainable Development
Department at the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC.
Juan Cruz Perusia is an assistant program specialist in the Education Survey
Operations Section of UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Montreal, Canada.
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare is a professor of economics at Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Carlos Scartascini is an evaluation economist in the Office of Evaluation
and Oversight at the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC.
Mariana Sousa is a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame,
South Bend, Indiana.