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dc.titleHow Much Has the Game Changed?: Revisiting Policymaking in Latin America a Decade Later
dc.contributor.authorJones, Mark P.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageParaguay
dc.coverageVenezuela
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2017-01-23T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2017-01-20T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractIn the early 2000s the Inter-American Development Bank launched a visionary and influential research agenda that dramatically improved understanding of the policymaking process (PMP) in Latin America. It did so by detailing the role played by key actors in the PMP and how those actors interacted to produce public policy throughout the region in general, and, via the publication of a volume in English and an updated version in Spanish, in eight countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela) in particular. This paper reviews the degree to which these eight country-level analyses still accurately portray the actors and their role in the PMP today. It concludes that in a large majority of the countries the analysis is still broadly valid and accurately describes the political institutions and actors who are pivotal for the policymaking game, although in some areas the original analysis would benefit from revision and update.
dc.format.extent60
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0000621
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/How-Much-Has-the-Game-Changed-Revisiting-Policymaking-in-Latin-America-a-Decade-Later.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPublic Administration
dc.subjectElections
dc.subjectConstitution
dc.subjectDemocracy
dc.subjectFederalism
dc.subjectGovernance
dc.subjectPatronage
dc.subjectPublic Policy
dc.subjectPolitical Reform
dc.subject.jelcodeD72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
dc.subject.jelcodeD78 - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
dc.subject.keywordspolitical parties;political institutions;democracy
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1199
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