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This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water, to improve quality, access and affordability. The innovative, multi-disciplinary studies in this volume discuss the outcomes of decentralization, school autonomy, participatory budgeting at the local level and other accountability mechanisms. Rich quantitative analyses are complemented and enhanced by insights from interviews and quotes from those on the front lines: politicians, bureaucrats and service providers; as well as a variety of case-studies focusing on wider political economy questions, on the intricacies of political competition and governance reform, and on public spending efficiency in countries as varied as Colombia, Peru, Chile and Uruguay. As the authors demonstrate, Latin America has much to share with the rest of the world in terms of governance and public service delivery experiments and learnings. .

Political science. --- Political economy. --- Public policy. --- Latin America --- Social policy. --- Public administration. --- Development economics. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Latin American Politics. --- Public Policy. --- Development Economics. --- Political Economy. --- Public Administration. --- Social Policy. --- Politics and government. --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Latin America-Politics and gover. --- International Political Economy. --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Economics --- Economic development --- Latin America—Politics and government. --- Political planning --- Planning in politics --- Public policy --- Planning --- Policy sciences --- Politics, Practical --- Public administration --- Political planning. --- Economics.