The state of state reform in Latin America / edited by Eduardo Lora.

Foreword / Francis Fukuyama, xv -- Acknowledgments, xix -- Abbreviations, xxi -- 1. State reform in Latin America: a silent revolution / Eduardo Lara, 1 -- 2. Reforming the rules of the game: political reform / J. Mark Payne and Juan Cruz Perusia, 57 -- 3. A Brief overview of judicial reform in Latin America: objectives, challenges, and accomplishments / Mariana Sousa, 87 -- 4. Public administration and public employment reform in Latin America / Koldo Echebarria and Juan Carlos Cortázar, 123 -- 5. Budgetary institutions / Gabriel Filc and Carlos Scartascini, 157 -- 6. Trends and outcomes of tax reform / Eduardo Lara, 185 -- 7. Fiscal and political decentralization reforms / Robert Daughters and Leslie Harper, 213 -- 8. Privatization and regulation in Latin America / Alberto Chong and Juan Benavides, 263 -- 9. Two decades of financial reforms / Arturo Galindo, Alejandro Micco, and Ugo Panizza, 291 -- 10. Productive development policies and supporting institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean / Alberto Melo and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, 317 -- 11. Reform of pension and social assistance systems / Carmela Mesa-Lago and Gustavo Márquez, 355 -- 12. Education reform as reform of the state: Latin America since / Juan Carlos Navarro, 387 -- Index, 423.