Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 36: January-April, 2015: Who Decides Social Policy?
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
July 2015
Subject
Social Policy and Protection;
Program Evaluation;
Public Administration;
Poverty
JEL code
I38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs;
H83 - Public Administration • Public Sector Accounting and Audits;
H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies;
H1 - Structure and Scope of Government
Country
Brazil;
Peru;
Bolivia;
Mexico;
Argentina;
Costa Rica
Category
Magazines, Journals and Newsletters
This edition of IDEA is based on a new IDB book entitled Who Decides Social Policy?. This seminal study tries to better understand why social and economic programs are not more effective in Latin America and the Caribbean by supplementing political economy analysis with a new technique--Social Network Analysis (SNA)--that provides a detailed view of the informal connections between individuals and institutions and a clearer picture of the dynamics behind policymaking.
