TY - BOOK AU - Lora,Eduardo ED - World Bank. TI - The state of state reform in Latin America T2 - Latin American development forum series SN - 0804755280 (hard cover) AV - JL960 .S73 2007 U1 - 320.98 22 PY - 2007///] CY - Stanford, CA, Washington D.C. PB - Stanford University Press, World Bank KW - Latin America KW - Politics and government KW - 1980- N1 - "A copublication of Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Standford University Press, and the World Bank."; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 Echebarria and Juan Carlos Cortazar --; 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 Andres Rodriguez-Clare --; Reform of pension and social assistance systems; Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Gustavo Marquez --; Education reform as reform of the state : Latin America since 1980; Juan Carlos Navarro UR - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-6575-5 ER -