Notes

1. OECD (2010).

2. De la Cruz, R., C. Pineda and C. Pöschl (2010).

3. In all countries of the region, a large majority of citizens claim to support democracy. The widespreadperception in all countries for which ECLAC data is available is that a significant level of democracy has

been reached. (CEPALSTAT 2010)

4. See OECD (2010).

5. Data taken from the “Americas Barometer” of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP).

6. See Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 (www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results).

7. This section is largely based on OECD (2006 and 2011b).

8. Many of these key points are reflected in the recent conclusions of the ministerial meeting of the OECD Public Governance Committee, held in Venice in 2010 (www.oecd.org/governance/ministerial2010).

9. CEPAL (2010).

10. ILPES (2011).

11. Martner (2008) and ECLAC (2011).

12. OECD (2011c).

13. Naser and Concha (2011).

14. OECD (2010).

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