Government Spending Efficiency in Latin America

Determinants of Social Spending in Latin America

Determinants of Social Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean Evelyne Huber, Thomas Mustillo, and John D. Stephens University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill We examine the determinants of social expenditure in an unbalanced pooled time series analysis for 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries for the period 1970 to 2000. The data are from a new data set assembled by the co-authors and ...

Democracy and Social Spending in Latin America

Government Policy for Innovation in Latin America

A review of various innovation indicators for the Latin American and Carribbean countries suggests that these countries are underperforming in a number of dimensions when compared to others with similar levels of GDP per capita, especially in the area of business R&D and the contribution of universities and public research institutions to business innovation. The paper presents the arguments fo...

Open Government Data in Latin America

The information produced and held by governments belongs to the public. Members of society should use this information to monitor, assess and assist the decision-making process. To enable citizens to contribute to the policy-making process, and thereby effectively collaborate with government and, they need to have access to relevant information. Peoples access to government information is a pow...

Globalization, Democracy, and Social Spending in Latin America, 1980-1997