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Innovations and Risk Taking. The Engine of Reform in Local Government in Latin America and the Carribeean

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  • Campbell, T.

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Decentralization and democratization in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have produced a wave of innovations on the local government level upgrading professional staffs, raising taxes and user fees, delivering better services, and mobilizing participation in public choice-making. This paper documents five cases of best practices at the local level, focusing on innovations in Mendoza, Argentina; Curitiba, Brazil; Cali, Colombia; Manizales, Colombia; and Tijuana, Mexico. A the central message of the paper is that by supporting creation and adoption of best practice, donors can enjoy a cost-effective impact in achieving the next stages of reform in the region, but that work must be done at the local level.

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  • Campbell, T., 1997. "Innovations and Risk Taking. The Engine of Reform in Local Government in Latin America and the Carribeean," World Bank - Discussion Papers 357, World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:fth:wobadi:357
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    1. Sergio Montero & Gianpaolo Baiocchi, 2022. "A posteriori comparisons, repeated instances and urban policy mobilities: What ‘best practices’ leave behind," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 59(8), pages 1536-1555, June.
    2. Olowu, D., 2004. "Property taxation and democratic decentralization in developing countries," ISS Working Papers - General Series 19160, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
    3. Olowu, D., 2001. "African decentralisation policies and practices from 1980s and beyond," ISS Working Papers - General Series 19077, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.

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    Keywords

    PUBLIC POLICY ; ECONOMIC POLICY;

    JEL classification:

    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government

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