Decentralized Development in Latin America Experiences in Local Gove

The Latin American subcontinent appears to have reinvented itself in the 21st century. Its economy has been transformed under liberalization and globalisation. Decentralization and the democratic transition have modified the political environment, while l

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The GeoJournal Library 97

Decentralized Development in Latin America Experiences in Local Governance and Local Development

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Decentralized Development in Latin America

The GeoJournal Library Volume 97 Managing Editor:

Daniel Z. Sui, College Station, USA Founding Series Editor:

Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany Editorial Board: Paul Claval, France

Yehuda Gradus, Israel Sam Ock Park, South Korea Herman van der Wusten, The Netherlands

For other titles published in this series, go to www.springer.com/series/6007

Paul van Lindert    Otto Verkoren ●

Editors

Decentralized Development in Latin America Experiences in Local Governance and Local Development

Editors Paul van Lindert Utrecht University Faculty of Geosciences International Development Studies PO Box 80.115 3508 TC Utrecht The Netherlands [email protected]

Otto Verkoren Utrecht University Faculty of Geosciences International Development Studies PO Box 80.115 3508 TC Utrecht The Netherlands [email protected]

ISBN 978-90-481-3738-1 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3739-8 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3739-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009942533 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

List of Abbreviations

ACM ADR AHMSA APEC APCG CBO CLAEH CMDRS CEPAL CIFOR COB COECE CSO ECLA EIU FDI FONATUR FSC FTAA GATT GTA GTZ HDI INEGI IADB IEP IHEAL IIED IIRSA LA21

Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades American Depository Receipt Altos hornos de México Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Community based organisation Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana (Uruguay) Conselho Municipal de Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável (Brazil) Comisión Económica Para América Latina (= ECLA) Centre for International Forestry Research Central Obrera Boliviana Organizaciones Empresariales de Comercio Exterior (Mexico) Civil society organisation Economic Commission for Latin America Economist Intelligence Unit Foreign Direct Investment Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (Mexico) Forest Stewardship Council Free Trade Area of the Americas General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Grupo de Tabalho Amazônico Gemeinschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Human Development Index Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Información (Mexico) Inter-American Development Bank Instituto de Estudios Peruanos Institut des Hautes Études de l’Amérique Latine (Paris) International Institute for Environment and Development (London) Integración de la Infraestructura Regional en América del Sur Local Agenda 2