Bulletin n. 3/2007
December 2007
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Darmohraj Adrián
    Capacidades institucionales para la gestión municipal del crecimiento económico
    in Reforma y democracia (Venezuela) , N. 39 ,  2007
    From the beginning of the 1980s, the relationship between State and market started to suffer transformations in the world. The increasing liberalization of market was accompanied by a reduction of governmental structure through administrative reforms, decentralization processes and privatization of public services. The centralized bureaucracies with a State as a principal protagonist have became unacceptable, giving place to more horizontal and participative models. This new context promoted the strengthening of private and third sector actors, disposed to participate in design and implementation of public policies in different areas. In consequence, those local governments that wanted to adapt to change had to assume new challenges and adopt modifications in their economic growth and development strategies. In this sense, this article is an exploratory study about how the public-private relationship can constitute an alternative in generating local economic growth. The analysis centers on the formal and informal rules of the game; managerial capacities of local governments; and the network among public, private and the third sector actors in achieving investment opportunities and local economic growth.Public-private relationships are studied through a comparative analysis in four cities in the suburbs of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. More than 30 interviews were carried out to municipal officials, private managers and third sector representatives. Institutional material was analyzed and data of different municipalities were compared. Different resources and relationship patterns available to each of the cities allowed to reflect on the possibility of increasing existing strengths and correcting weaknesses.The main conclusion is that any city has possibility of increasing its "attractiveness" for investments and channeling private interests in tune with public ones. The starting point for future research will be based on the assumption that an increase of institutional capacities will allow higher levels of private investment projects and higher possibilities of local economic growth.
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