Is it always true that decentralization reforms put more power in the hands of governors and
mayors? In post-developmental Latin America, the surprising answer to this question is no …

How does democracy affect social services? Theory argues competitive elections create
incentives for politicians to provide broad-based public goods. Quantitative research finds …

Apart from some notable exceptions, education is regrettably understudied in comparative
politics. This paucity stems from both a dearth of reliable data on schooling and the fact that …

What constraints arise when translating successful NGO programs to improve public
services in developing countries into government policy? We report on a randomized trial …

This book offers an innovative perspective on the ever-widening gap between the poor and
the state in Latin American politics. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the main social …

Después de más de una década de reformas políticas y económicas en América Latina, se
ha vuelto evidente que las buenas ideas y las buenas recetas de políticas públicas no son …

This article examines the relationship between democratic representation and spending on
education in Latin America. The authors assess the impact that democracy has on the …

This volume presents a preliminary framework designed to help international development
partners consider the relevance of political economy issues for their programmatic support to …

In the introduction to his short book, a brief history of neoliberalism, David Harvey (2005, 1)
observes “Future historians may well look upon the years 1978–80 as a revolutionary …

This volume appears after more than a decade of political and economic reforms in Latin
America. The success of these reforms--and the quality of public policies--has varied widely …