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dc.titleWhat Makes Reforms Likely?: Timing and Sequencing of Structural Reforms in Latin America
dc.contributor.authorLora, Eduardo
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2011-02-04T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2000-06-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe wave of structural reforms in Latin America and elsewhere has stimulated the development of a wide body of theoretical literature on the political economy of reform, i.e., the study of the political constraints that condition the timing, speed and sequencing of reforms. This paper tests some of the hypotheses associated with these theoretical models, using a set of structural reform indicators for approximately twenty Latin American countries for the period 1985-1995. Although there is strong support for some hypotheses, recent reforms in Latin America cannot be adequately explained without either better theories or better data.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011559
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/What-Makes-Reforms-Likely-Timing-and-Sequencing-of-Structural-Reforms-in-Latin-America.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subject.keywordsWP-424
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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