Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy, and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA

Abbreviations

Abbreviations AARP American Association of Retired Persons ABONG Associação Brasileira de Organizações Não Governamentais (Brazilian Association of NGOs) ACIR Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations ALCA/FTAA Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas/Free Trade Area of the Americas APPO Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca (Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca) CEPAM Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Administração Municipal CNC Confederación Nacional de Campesinos (National Confederation of Farmworkers) CONAGO Conferencia Nacional de Gobernadores (National Conference of Governors) CTM Confederación de Trabajadores de México (Confederation of Mexican Workers) CUT Central Único dos Trabalhadores (Unified Workers’ Central) xi xii Abbreviations EAESP Escola de Administração de Empresas, São Paulo FAFM Fondo de Aportaciones de Fortalecimiento Municipal (Municipal Strengthening Support Fund) FAISM Fondo de Aportaciones para Infraestructura Social (Fund for Municipal Social Infrastructure) FGVSP Fundação Getulio Vargas (Getulio Vargas Foundation), São Paulo FUNDEF Fundo de Manutenção e Desenvolvimento do Ensino Fundamental e de Valorização do Magistério (Fund for Decentralizing Basic Education) IADB Inter-American Development Bank IBGE Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática (National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Data Processing) LCF Ley de Coordinación Fiscal (Fiscal Coordination Law) LLILAS Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies MERCOSUR Mercado Común del Sur MST Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Landless Rural Workers’ Movement) NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NGA National Governors’ Association Abbreviations xiii NGO nongovernmental organization OP orçamento participativo (participative budgeting) PAN Partido Acción Nacional (National Action Party) PRD Partido de la Revolución Democrática (Party of the Democratic Revolution) PRI Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party) PROGRESA Programa de Educación Salud y Alimentación (Program for Education, Health Care, and Nutrition) PSD Partido Social Democrático (Social Democratic Party PT Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers’ Party) PTB Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (Brazilian Labor Party) SEDESOL Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (Ministry of Social Development) SNCF Sistema Nacional de Coordinación Fiscal (National System of Fiscal Coordination) SNPD Sistema Nacional de Planeación Democrática (National System of Democratic Planning) SUS Sistema Único de Saúde (decentralized health care system) ...