TY - BOOK AU - Lora,Eduardo ED - World Bank TI - The state of state reform in Latin America SN - 0821365754 AV - JL 960 S73.2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Stanford, CA, Washington D.C. PB - Stanford University, World Bank KW - Structural adjustment (Economic policy) KW - Latin America KW - Ajuste estructural (Política económica) KW - Politics and government KW - América Latina - KW - Política y gobierno KW - Economic policy KW - Política económica KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945- KW - Política económica - KW - Social policy KW - Política social N1 - "A copublication of Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Standford University Press, and the World Bank."; Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; Foreword; Francis Fukuyama --; State reform in Latin America : a silent revolution; Eduardo Lora --; Reforming the rules of the game : political reform; J. Mark Payne and Juan Cruz Perusia --; A brief overview of judicial reform in Latin America : objectives, challenges, and accomplishments; Mariana Sousa --; Public administration and public employment reform in Latin America; Koldo Echebarría and Juan Carlos Cortázar --; Budgetary institutions; Gabriel Filc and Carlos Scartascini --; Trends and outcomes of tax reform; Eduardo Lora --; Fiscal and political decentralization reforms; Robert Daughters and Leslie Harper --; Privatization and regulation in Latin America; Alberto Chong and Juan Benavides --; Two decades of financial reforms; Arturo Galindo, Alejandro Micco, and Ugo Panizza --; Productive development policies and supporting institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean; Alberto Melo and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare --; Reform of pension and social assistance systems; Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Gustavo Márquez --; Education reform as reform of the state : Latin America since 1980; Juan Carlos Navarro ER -