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"A copublication of Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Standford University Press, and the World Bank."

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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.

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