Policymaking in Latin America

How Politics Shapes Policies

Edited by Ernesto Stein

Edited by Mariano Tommasi

Edited by Carlos Scartascini

Edited by Pablo Spiller

    • Acknowledgments
    • Foreword
    1. Political Institutions, Policymaking, and Policy: An Introduction
    2. Who’s Who in the PMP: An Overview of Actors, Incentives, and the Roles They Play
    3. Political Institutions, Policymaking processes, and Policy Outcomes in Argentina
    4. On the Road to Good Governance: Recovering from Economic and Political Shocks in Brazil
    5. Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Chile
    6. Political Institutions and Policy Outcomes in Colombia: The Effects of the 1991 Constitution
    7. Veto Players, Fickle Institutions, and Low-Quality Policies: the Policymaking Process in Ecuador
    8. Policymaking in Mexico Under One-Party Hegemony and Divided Government
    9. Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay
    10. Political Institutions and Policymaking in Venezuela: The Rise and Collapse of Political Cooperation
    • References
    • Index
  • Cover: Policymaking in Latin America

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

Mariano Tommasi is Chairman of the Department of Economics, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina.

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

Pablo Spiller is Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor of Business and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley.