The international diffusion of policy ideas and practices is a
subject of growing interest, raising such questions as: Why are
there increasingly such waves of policy innovation? What prompts
one country to emulate another's changes? Is it the influence of
powerful international actors like the World Bank? Is it the
motivations and interests of domestic actors? And how freely do
imitators adapt foreign models to the needs and characteristics of
their own countries, rather than simply replicating them?
Essays by leading academic experts and by policy practitioners
with academic background address these important questions in
"Learning from Foreign Models in Latin American Policy Reform." Two
chapters examine the influence of the international financial
institutions. Then experts from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
and Mexico discuss how foreign models influenced their own decision
making in crucial areas of social policy such as pensions,
unemployment insurance, and health care.
These case studies yield an unprecedented insider perspective on
policy diffusion, in particular showing that the financial
institutions have less clout than sometimes appears. They also show
the crucial role played by policy specialists inside the public
bureaucracy.
Contributors: David Bravo, Sarah M. Brooks, Elena Carrera, Jose
Paulo Zeetano Chahad, Carlos Cruz, Gustavo Demarco, Louise Haagh,
Joan M. Nelson, Vinicius C. Pinheiro, and Juan Pablo Uribe.
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