BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Latin America Policy Process Research Initiative (LAPPRI) a ims to advance established and emerging policy process theories in order t o enhance scholarly understanding of policymaking in Latin America. The LA PPRI Research Seminar Series features scholars from around the world dedic ated to researching policy process dynamics across the region.Presenter: P ablo Sanabria-Pulido (Universidad Icesi)Title: The People Problem: Human C apital\, Public Management\, and the Limits of Policy Analysis in Latin Am ericaAbstract: Public policy analysis in Latin America has systematically underweighted\, or even ignored\, the human factor. This paper argues that the behaviors\, roles and processes of analysts\, bureaucrats\, and publi c managers are not merely instruments of policy processes but a central va riable that explains persistent gaps between policy design and implementat ion outcomes. Classical frameworks\, developed largely in high-capacity st ate contexts\, fail to account for the informality\, politicization\, and discretion that define Latin American administrative realities. This work makes three contributions. It develops a conceptually integrated framework connecting human capital formation\, public employment design\, and polic y outcomes in a regionally grounded perspective. It then examines how poli ticization and patronage produce organizational consequences that directly undermine implementation capacity. Finally\, it proposes a reform and res earch agenda organized around three axes: professionalizing the policy ana lyst role in academic and institutional settings\, designing public employ ment arrangements aligned with regional political-administrative trajector ies\, and building collaborative data ecosystems to generate cumulative co mparative evidence on how bureaucratic talent shapes policy results. DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T011129Z DTSTART:20260924T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:LAPPRI Research Seminar Series: The People Problem UID:RFCALITEM639240666891792670 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Latin America Policy Process Research I nitiative (LAPPRI) aims to advance established and emerging policy process theories in order to enhance scholarly understanding of policymaking in L atin America. The LAPPRI Research Seminar Series features scholars from ar ound the world dedicated to researching policy process dynamics across the region.

Presenter:

Pablo Sanabria-Pulido (Universidad Icesi)

Title:

The People Problem: Human Capital\, Public Ma nagement\, and the Limits of Policy Analysis in Latin America

Abstr act:

Public policy analysis in Latin America has systematically un derweighted\, or even ignored\, the human factor. This paper argues that t he behaviors\, roles and processes of analysts\, bureaucrats\, and public managers are not merely instruments of policy processes but a central vari able that explains persistent gaps between policy design and implementatio n outcomes.

Classical frameworks\, developed largely in high-capaci ty state contexts\, fail to account for the informality\, politicization\, and discretion that define Latin American administrative realities. This work makes three contributions. It develops a conceptually integrated fram ework connecting human capital formation\, public employment design\, and policy outcomes in a regionally grounded perspective. It then examines how politicization and patronage produce organizational consequences that dir ectly undermine implementation capacity. Finally\, it proposes a reform an d research agenda organized around three axes: professionalizing the polic y analyst role in academic and institutional settings\, designing public e mployment arrangements aligned with regional political-administrative traj ectories\, and building collaborative data ecosystems to generate cumulati ve comparative evidence on how bureaucratic talent shapes policy results.< /p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR