• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
1. A New Framework
2. Who Decides on Public Expenditures? The Importance of the Informal Budget Process in Argentina
3. Presidential Power, Fiscal Responsibility Laws, and the Allocation of Spending: The Case of Brazil
4. Changes in Fiscal Outcomes in Colombia: The Role of the Budget Process
5. Institutional Reforms, Budget Politics, and Fiscal Outcomes in Ecuador
6. Weakened Policymaking Process, Deteriorating Fiscal Outcomes: The Case of Paraguay
7. Success in Sustainability? The Case of Peru
8. Fiscal Rules that Fit Political Cycles: The Case of Uruguay
9. Oil Wealth, the Changing Political Structure, and the Budget Process: The Case of Venezuela
10. The Budget Process as a Political Arena

Mark Stephen Hallerberg is Professor of Public Management and Political Economy, Hertie School of Governance.

Carlos Scartascini is Senior Economist in the Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank, USA.

Ernesto Stein is Regional Economic Advisor, Country Department Central America, Mexico, Panama, and Dominican Republic, Inter-American Development Bank, USA.

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