Modernizers of the state have been busy during the past decade building new governance institutions and rehabilitating old ones in developing and emerging market countries.Abstract: La pasada década, los modernizadores del estado estuvieron bastante ocupados creando nuevas instituciones del...

This presentation was commissioned by the Public Management and Transparency Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IV Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on December 11th and 12th, 2003. The Logic of Modernization. A State that does not perform well and is not accountable, cannot sustain...

The contemporary nation-state exists to perform, to provide financial assistance, public services and other benefits to its people. How well the government performs influences the economic and social well-being of citizens, the mindset that voters take into the election booth, the programs and...

This presentation was commissioned by the Public Management and Transparency Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the VI Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 23rd and 24th, 2005. OECD's Senior Budget Officials Network. How it has grown over the past 25 years. The insularity of budget...

This paper proposes that budget officials of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries make use of the IDB dialogue process to convene periodically and discuss means of improving budget practices in the region. The paper surveys contemporary issues that may warrant consideration by the budget...