Format:
1 online resource (488 pages)
ISBN:
9780821365762
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9780821365755
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9780804755290
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0804755299
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0804755280
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0821365754
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9780804755283
Series Statement:
Latin American Development Forum
Content:
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.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Latin American Development Forum Series -- About the Contributors -- Foreword -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 State Reform in Latin America: A Silent Revolution -- Introduction -- Political Institutions and State Organization -- Political Reform -- Judicial Reform -- Public Administration -- Fiscal, Tax, and Institutional Decentralization -- Reform of Budgetary Institutions -- Tax Reform -- Fiscal and Political Decentralization -- Sectoral Policy Institutions -- Ownership and Regulation of the Public Service Sectors -- Public Institutions in the Financial Sector -- Industrial Policy Reform -- Social Policy Reform -- Reforms of the Pension and Social Protection Systems -- Education Sector Reform -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2 Reforming the Rules of the Game: Political Reform -- Introduction -- Overview of Political Reform in Latin America -- Reforms of Systems for Electing the President -- Presidential Election Systems-Threshold for Election -- Simultaneity of Presidential and Legislative Elections -- Presidential Reelection and Term -- Reforms to Legislative Election Systems -- Political Party and Political Financing Reform -- Internal Democratization of Political Parties -- Electoral and Political Party Financing -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 3 A Brief Overview of Judicial Reform in Latin America: Objectives, Challenges, and Accomplishments -- Introduction -- The Objectives, Means, Promoters, and Strategies of Judicial Reform -- Types of Judicial Reforms and Reformers -- The Challenges to Judicial Reform -- The Determinants of Successful Judicial Reform -- The Differentiated Results of Judicial Reforms -- The Judicial Reform Index -- Conclusion and Implications of Judicial Reforms for the Policy-Making Process -- Appendix 3A. The Factors of Judicial Reform.
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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 State Reform in Latin America: A Silent Revolution; Figures; Tables; 2 Reforming the Rules of the Game: Political Reform; 3 A Brief Overview of Judicial Reform in Latin America: Objectives, Challenges, and Accomplishments; 4 Public Administration and Public Employment Reform in Latin America; Boxes; 5 Budgetary Institutions; 6 Trends and Outcomes of Tax Reform; 7 Fiscal and Political Decentralization Reforms; 8 Privatization and Regulation in Latin America; 9 Two Decades of Financial Reforms
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10 Productive Development Policies and Supporting Institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean11 Reform of Pension and Social Assistance Systems; 12 Education Reform as Reform of the State: Latin America Since 1980; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821365755
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821365755
Language:
English
