The improvement in women’s labor conditions and the elimination of segregation and other forms of direct or indirect discrimination have become one of the major challenges of the international political agenda, and as so have been included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched by the UN in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. At the same time, there is an increasing interest in the effects that the Social Economy (SE) might have on the achievement of the SDGs, as a consequence of its distinguishing of people-oriented principles. The goal of this paper is to analyze the specific contribution of SE entities to the reduction of gender inequalities in the labor market. We conduct an impact analysis with quasi-experimental counterfactual techniques, in which we compare one experimental group (the SE) with a control group (profit-seeking firms) using labor data from Spain for the period 2008–2017. The results indicate that social economy entities significantly contribute to the achievement of SDGs 5, 8 and 10, showing higher female participation, more stable jobs, and a lower degree of the glass-ceiling phenomenon.

a b s t r a c tThis article develops a comparative methodology for the evaluation of national land administration systems. We propose a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators with benchmarks for each one of them that signal possible venues to improve the administration's structure and budgetary/management arrangements, in order to bring about the following goals: (1) to contribute to public sector financing through taxes; (2) to encourage the productive and sustainable use of land, and (3) to facilitate access to land for low-income citizens. This methodology was applied to the cases of Honduras and Peru in order to refine our draft evaluation indicators, while evaluating the systems of both countries. Here we present the final refined indicators and benchmarks, and the conclusions from both case studies.

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Does more citizen participation necessarily improve the democratic quality and/or the effectiveness of government? What forms of participation have the potential to accomplish these goals? And, more important, how can these participatory mechanisms be integrated into traditional representative and bureaucratic governance practices, in order to grasp this potential? We discuss these questions in the article, building on theories and empirical evidence provided by both political science and public administration studies. The conclusion we reach is that participatory empowered mechanisms, such as popular initiatives and referendums, and public-private co-governance councils, have a clear potential to enhance the effectiveness and responsiveness of public governance. However, we also find that in order to secure these benefits and not compromise equality and accountability, the introduction of these mechanisms needs to come together with strong and highly representative legislatures, and with reforms that align the powers and increase the representativeness of interest groups.

historia en detalle 2.1. Un poco de teoría estratégica 2.2. El camino del upgrading 2.3. Otros caminos existentes para otros tipos de instituciones 3. Profundizando, adaptando y aplicando a las microfinanzas las ideas de la teoría estratégica 4. Ampliando algunos aspectos teóricos 5. Las ideas anteriores llevadas a la práctica 5.1. Comentarios introductorios a la evaluación de modelo en campo 5.2. Algunos comentarios descriptivos del trabajo de campo propiamente 5.3. Personas entrevistadas 5.4. Mercados (países)

Analisa os resultados da implementação do Sistema Eletrônico de Editoração de Revistas (SEER), customização do Open Journal System pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT), enquanto dispositivo de uma política de acesso livre à informação científica, no Brasil entre 2003 (ano de sua criação) e 2015. Propõe-se tecer um contexto a partir do conceito de “acesso aberto”, reunindo os fios conceituais da "comunicação científica", entrelaçado ao da "editoração científica", que por sua vez está entremeado à "disseminação da informação científica e tecnológica", para a qual se propõe uma política de acesso mediante adoção de tecnologia colaborativa e livre. A motivação da pesquisa se deve, antes de tudo, pela importância do periódico científico para a ciência, sendo uma ferramenta indispensável e um canal imprescindível para a comunicação da ciência, uma vez que confere ao pesquisador prestígio, status, visibilidade, legitimando e garantindo credibilidade à pesquisa (MEADOWS, 1999; MÜELLER, 1999). Em segundo lugar, por que o SEER/OJS contempla os requisitos de acessibilidade e usabilidade de acesso pleno.Palavras-chave: Comunicação Científica. Periódicos científicos. Movimento de Acesso Aberto. Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia - IBICT. Sistema Eletrônico de Editoração de Revistas - SEER.

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¿Qué es el desarrollo institucional?, ¿hasta qué punto es necesario para el desarrollo económico y social de los países?, ¿qué instituciones concretas promueven el desarrollo?, ¿por qué no se implantan de forma natural?, ¿cómo fomentarlas a través de la cooperación internacional? Estas son las preguntas a las que, dentro del contexto de la ineficacia que parece estar teniendo la Ayuda Oficial para el Desarrollo hasta ahora, trata de responder este artículo, partiendo de los estudios que se han publicado recientemente a nivel internacional. Se termina haciendo una llamada a los organismos de cooperación para que consideren de manera más explícita, técnica y transparente los problemas políticos de los países receptores de la ayuda.