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Veto Players, Intertemporal Interactions and Policy Adaptability: How Do Political Institutions Work?

Scartascini, Carlos G.; Stein, Ernesto H.; Tommasi, Mariano - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

Veto player theory argues that a higher number of veto players lowers the likelihood of change; in turn, policies that do not change help to sustain commitments but may prevent adaptation to changing circumstances. This paper challenges that claim of veto player theory by arguing that policy...

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Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability

Iturralde, Diego; Krotz, Esteban; Cárdenas, Víctor; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996

Seminar on Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability, organized on the occasion of the First General …

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DataGov: Governance Indicators Database Title: DataGob: Base de datos de indicadores de gobernabilidad

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2007

cover four major areas: democracy, markets, public sector management and rule of law, as well as a number of key …

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Party Age and Party Color: New Results on the Political Economy of Redistribution and Inequality

Keefer, Philip; Milanovic, Branko - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

This working paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries, including 20 Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a central, but still contested, assumption of the...

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Civil Society and Social Movements: Building Sustainable Democracies in Latin America Title: Sociedad civil y movimientos sociales: Construyendo democracias sostenibles en América Latina

Reames, Benjamin; Stratta, Nelson; Sugranyes, Ana; … - Inter-American Development Bank

CSOs are trying to deepen democracy by promoting wider political, social and economic participation.Abstract: En este libro … in the region: under current or recent dictatorships, where CSOs are seeking to achieve democracy; in emerging … democracies, where civil organizations are in the process of consolidating democracy; and in effective, working democracies, where …

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Honoring the Past, Building the Future: Fifty Years of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Celebrar el pasado, construir el futuro: Cincuenta años de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe

Ávila, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank

a tumultuous half-century in which the region went from backwater to breadbasket, from dictatorship to democracy, and …

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Choices and Change: Reflections on the Caribbean

Bloomfield, Steven B.; Dookeran, Winston C.; Birdsall, Nancy - Inter-American Development Bank

Fourteen essays by experienced political leaders, researchers and scholars examine the political economy and international relations of the Caribbean. Strategies for sustainable development include proposals to link productive structures among private sectors and increase institutional flexibility.

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Regional Public Goods: From Theory to Practice

Adhikari, Ramesh; Negroni, Mirka J.; Leino, Jessica; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This book is based on a conference entitled "Regional Public Goods and Regional Development Assistance", held in Washington, D.C. on November 6-7, 2002. It examines how the IDB and the ADB support the provision of regional public goods (RPGs) in Latin America and Asia, respectively. RPGs are...

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Justice Delayed: Judicial Reform in Latin America Title: La economía política de la reforma judicial

Rubio, Mauricio; Neira, Néstor-Humberto Martínez; … - Inter-American Development Bank

In Justice Delayed, leading authorities on law and economics from Latin America and the United States analyze the problems of Latin America's judicial sector and propose strategies for solving them.Abstract: Este libro recoge los trabajos presentados en la Segunda Conferencia sobre Justicia y...

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An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes

Patten, Christopher; Whitehead, Laurence; Álamo, Óscar del - Inter-American Development Bank

"An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes" is the result of a conference organized by the …: democracy, governance and well-being. The book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the conference that address …, particularly in Latin America. This book aims to contribute to the reflection and debate on the issues of democracy, governance and …

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