Spanish abstract:En este informe se muestra la evolución reciente y proyectada de los principales agregados macroeconómicos que caracterizan a la economía venezolana, en el contexto de un escenario más complicado que el de períodos anteriores a causa de los efectos de COVID-19, que se...

Resumen Venezuela enfatizando los efectos de las reformas implementadas entre 1987 y 1999. Tales reformas incluyen las siguientes: (1) Ley del Sistema Nacional de Salud de 1987, (2) descentralización de servicios de salud (a partir de 1990), (3) reestructuración del Instituto Venezolano de los...

This book presents a new framework for analyzing the political economy of budget processes in Latin America that is based on the following premises: i) the budget process must be considered as part of the overall policymaking process rather than in isolation; ii) budget outcomes cannot be fully...

This paper analyzes the high fiscal dependence of Venezuelan states and municipalities on the central government and the political economy process embedded in the interaction between the central government and sub-national entities. Also explored is whether there is scope to increase...

This study seeks to provide an analysis based on positive and empirical approaches to the budget-making process in Venezuela from 1974 to 2004 in order to understand budget expenditure decisions and to analyze the actors and forces which affect the outcome. It will tackle the following tasks:...