Papers by Christian von Haldenwang
Integración regional en América Latina
Page 1. 1 Integración regional en América Latina 1 Mercedes Isabel Botto 2 Buenos Aires, Octubre ... more Page 1. 1 Integración regional en América Latina 1 Mercedes Isabel Botto 2 Buenos Aires, Octubre 2002 Introducción El regionalismo ha dejado de ser un tema de expertos comerciales y de los gobiernos. Cualquiera sea el ...
The capacity of political regimes to formulate and implement policies in the common interest appe... more The capacity of political regimes to formulate and implement policies in the common interest appears to be a crucial factor of development. Public institutions in Latin America are often characterized by a lack of common interest orientation. As a result, most countries of the region are ill-prepared to meet the challenges of global market integration and knowledge-based development. Two approaches have been particularly influential in linking institutions to economic development: the good governance approach, originally put forward by the World Bank, and the systemic competitiveness approach introduced by the German Development Institute. Drawing on insights from both concepts, this paper presents a framework for the assessment of reform blockades and propensities in given political systems. This is the "systemic governance" approach, and it focuses on the capacity to generate and implement decisions in the common interest at all levels of the political system. In order to promote second-generation adjustment reforms, the systemic character of governance has to be grasped.
Taxation, Fiscal Decentralisation and Legitimacy: The Role of SemiAutonomous Tax Agencies in Peru
This article analyses the Servicios de Administración Tributaria (SAT), which currently operate i... more This article analyses the Servicios de Administración Tributaria (SAT), which currently operate in nine Peruvian cities, to show that semi-autonomous tax agencies can play a significant role in strengthening the effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy of decentralised tax systems. Its findings indicate that the SAT collect local taxes and non-tax revenues more effectively than conventional tax administrations, and that, although the SAT model per se does not generate strong incentives for the promotion of efficiency, efficiency may become more important once the SAT are consolidated. Finally, there are hints that the Peruvian SAT contribute to the legitimacy of the tax system thanks to higher levels of transparency and client orientation.
Electronic Government (E-Government) and Development
The European Journal of Development Research, 2004
... that can be accessed by various ways (e-mail, Internet, call centres, one-stop ... administra... more ... that can be accessed by various ways (e-mail, Internet, call centres, one-stop ... administrative modernisation, for example development of integrated public service centres or databases ... of the many ways individuals and institutions, public and private, manage their common affairs ...
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