Table 5.5 Presence of Knowledge Actors in a Sample of Countries

Table 5.7

Presence of Knowledge Actors in a Sample of Countries

Actors	Argentina	Brazil	Chile	Colombia	Mexico	Peru	Venezuela
Political analyisis evaluation units	Absent	Stable	Stable	Some	Weak	Absent	Absent
Legislative support offices	Absent	Stable	Some	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
Insitutions of political parties	Weak	Weak	Stable	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
Think tanks	Some	Some	Some	Some	Some	Weak	Weak
NGOs	Stable	Stable	Stable	Some	Some	Some	Some
Note: Absent: Absent or almost non-existent Weak: Weak number and technical capacity Some: Some well established capacity Stable: Well-established and stable capacities Source: Santiso and Whitehead (2005).