Introduction

Rafael Cruz, Carlos Pineda Mannheim and Caroline Pöschl

A chapter in The Local Alternative, 2011, pp 1-4 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Since the beginning of the 1980s, the decentralization processes undertaken by most Latin American countries are having major implications and changing the political and economic profile of the region. From 1980 to the present, direct elections of state governors and municipal mayors were introduced in 18 of the region’s countries (Daughters and Harper, 2007). The participation of subnational governments in public expenditure increased from a scarce 10 percent to approximately 25 percent of total spending. This transfer of resources and responsibilities from national to subnational levels is imparting greater relevance to the role of subnational governments as development agents.

Keywords: Local Government; Latin American Country; State Governor; Direct Election; Decentralization Process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230119642_1

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