Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- PART 1: BACKGROUND AND SCOPE -- 1. Introduction and Preview -- 2. Context of Change: Decentralization and State Reform in Latin America -- 3. Research Questions: Inventing Decentralized Government -- 4. Selection of Cases and Methods -- PART 2: CASES -- 5. FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL RESOURCE MOBILIZATION -- 5-1. The Politics of Participation in Tijuana, Mexico: Inventing a New Style of Governance -- 5-2. Tax Management in the Municipalities of Valledupar and Manizales, Colombia -- 6. ADMINISTRATIVE PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT -- 6-1. Modernizing a Provincial Public Sector: An Experiment in Mendoza, Argentina -- 6-2. Changing the Managerial Mindset: The FONDEVE in Conchalí, Chile -- 7. PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL DECISIONMAKING -- 7-1. Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil -- 7-2. Improving Basic Infrastructure in Mendoza, Argentina: MENPROSIF -- 8. PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION -- 8-1. Innovative Urban Transport in Curitiba, Brazil -- 8-2. Partnering for Services in Santa Cruz, Bolivia -- 9. PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION -- 9-1. Partnering in Cali, Colombia, for Planning and Management -- 9-2. Privatizing Ports and Mines in Venezuelan States -- 9-3. Municipalities, Banks, and the Poor in Shelter and Infrastructure of Nicaraguan Cities -- PART 3: LESSONS FOR DONORS AND |