Foreword / Francis Fukuyama --
State reform in Latin America : a silent revolution / Eduardo Lora --
Reforming the rules of the game : political reform / J. Mark Payne and Juan Cruz Perusia --
A brief overview of judicial reform in Latin America : objectives, challenges, and accomplishments / Mariana Sousa --
Public administration and public employment reform in Latin America / Koldo Echebarría and Juan Carlos Cortázar --
Budgetary institutions / Gabriel Filc and Carlos Scartascini --
Trends and outcomes of tax reform / Eduardo Lora --
Fiscal and political decentralization reforms / Robert Daughters and Leslie Harper --
Privatization and regulation in Latin America / Alberto Chong and Juan Benavides --
Two decades of financial reforms / Arturo Galindo, Alejandro Micco, and Ugo Panizza --
Productive development policies and supporting institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean / Alberto Melo and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare --
Reform of pension and social assistance systems / Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Gustavo Márquez --
Education reform as reform of the state : Latin America since 1980 / Juan Carlos Navarro.