Director of the Territorial Development Center of the National University of Quilmes (Argentina). He has been Distinguished Senior Research Scholar, of the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University, (FL, USA). He has been visiting professor at universities in Chile, Colombia and Spain. Professor of masters and doctorates. He has published 12 books, 43 book chapters and 22 articles in his specialty, Latin American local governments. Project director, consultant, facilitator and trainer for international organizations (AECID, IDB, UCLG, UNICEF, UNDP, ICMA, IDRC, ILO, European Union), national, provincial and municipal. Former Editor of the Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios Municipales, a mainstream journal, indexed by WOS and SciELO. President of the International Foundation for Local Development (FINDEL).
Intergovernmental relations and decentralization in Chile: The inertia of centralism and functionalism Handbook on Subnational Governments and Governance, 2024
ARGENTINE FEDERALISM IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC Daniel Alberto Cravacuore American Federal Systems and Covid 19 Responses to A Complex Intergovernmental Problem, 2021 This chapter has four parts. The first section addresses the legal analysis of the Argentine local governments' autonomous regime, considering its provinces and municipalities, and the second section analyzes the portfolio of policies – nationals, provincials, locals – to attend the emergency of COVID-19, which show that the Federal State was dedicated to the overall strategy: sustaining the income of citizens, businesses, and subnational governments; and the purchase and distribution of health equipment and supplies, while the attention of COVID-19 cases fell to the provinces and municipalities. The third section analyzes the coordination mechanisms during the pandemic mainly based more on presidential leadership with the support of governors and mayors than on institutional mechanisms. Finally, the role of the political agency especially as for the main interjurisdictional conflicts that took place in 2020 and 2021 once the authorities dimensioned the pandemic scope as well as the Kirchnerism/anti-Kirchnerism cleavage that characterizes Argentine politics since 2008.
The Transaction Costs of Government Responses to the COVID-19 Emergency in Latin America Edgar E. Ramírez de la Cruz, Eduardo José Grin, Pablo Sanabria‐Pulido, Daniel Cravacuore, Arturo Orellana Public Administration Review, 2020 The COVID‐19 pandemic has created a crisis that is challenging national and local governments to innovate in their responses to novel problems. Despite similarities to the challenges confronted in developed countries, for Latin American governments, these problems are amplified by structural obstacles such as social inequalities. These countries must respond with capacities and resources that are often limited by spoils systems and by social and political polarization. This essay provides an overview of some innovative practices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. In particular, this essay concentrates on some salient collaborative efforts in the region. To draw lessons from these practices, the authors focus on the formal and informal institutions that facilitate or obstruct collaboration across jurisdictions. The findings are discussed in terms of the transaction costs of collaboration identified in these experiences.
The use of internet in offering services to the public Revista Venezolana De Gerencia, 2000
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Las agendas locales de los gobiernos municipales argentinos: reconfiguraciones antes, durante y después de la pandemia de COVID-19 DA Cravacuore, A Traina Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios Municipales 30, 1-19 , 2026 2026
Obituario D Cravacuore Revista Intercambios. La letra del encuentro 10 (1), 32-33 , 2025 2025
Conversatorio:“Estudiando el liderazgo político y la democracia local con la metodología Polleader 2.0” M Galmarini, D Cravacuore, CN Gómez Revista Intercambios. La letra del encuentro 10 (1), 10-23 , 2025 2025
Argentinian municipal governments in intergovernmental relations D Cravacuore Handbook of Public Management in Latin America and the Caribbean, 183-195 , 2025 2025
Gobiernos locales de la provincia de Buenos Aires evolución, problemáticas y desafíos a 40 años de democracia P Amaya, D Cravacuore, H Cao, A Hoya, F Aranda, M Schuttenberg, ... Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche , 2024 2024
Intergovernmental relations and decentralization in Chile: the inertia of centralism and functionalism D Cravacuore, E Montecinos, P Sanabria-Pulido Handbook on Subnational Governments and Governance, 151-164 , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
La descentralización en América Latina D Cravacuore, AP Carrera Hernández, SE Castillo Ramos-Bossini Dykinson , 2024 2024 Citations: 5
40 años de descentralización municipal en Argentina D Cravacuore RIGL: Revista Iberoamericana de Gobierno Local, 3 , 2024 2024 Citations: 5
Medición de la Autonomía Municipal en Chile con el Local Autonomy Index 2.0.(1990-2020) D Cravacuore Buenos Aires, Argentina: Flacso Argentina , 2023 2023
Las agendas locales del Conurbano Bonaerense en la crisis del COVID-19 D Cravacuore, A Traina A. Bidía et al.,¿ En qué anduvimos, qué queremos viviar , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Capacidades estatales en una agenda municipal pospandemia P Nari, LA Aguerre, DA Cravacuore, H Cao, R Grandinetti, MA Ledesma, ... Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales , 2023 2023 Citations: 3
Gestión pública provincial y municipal D Cravacuore Universidad Nacional de Quilmes , 2023 2023
Medición de la Autonomía Municipal en Chile con el Local Autonomy Index 2.0. D Cravacuore Revista Estado y Políficas Pública 20, 135-58 , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
Intra-state relations in Argentina: a permanent conflict between legal autonomy and political centralism D Cravacuore, A Nickson A Modern Guide to Local and Regional Politics, 65-79 , 2022 2022 Citations: 6
CARACTERIZACIÓN DE LAS RELACIONES DE COOPERACIÓN DESARROLLADAS POR LOS GOBIERNOS LOCALES ARGENTINOS. D Cravacuore, ÁM Traina Ponencia presentada en el III Congreso Nacional de Estudios de … , 2022 2022 Citations: 2
Argentine federalism in COVID-19 pandemic DA Cravacuore 2021 Citations: 6
ARGENTINA. POLÍTICAS Y CONFLICTOS EN LA PANDEMIA DEL CORONAVIRUS COVID-19. D Cravacuore Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 2021 2021 Citations: 5
El asociativismo intermunicipal como herramienta para el desarrollo territorial en del departamento Castellanos (2000-2020) DC Quagliotti, DA Cravacuore 2021
Medición de la autonomía municipal en Ibeoramérica D Cravacuore, Á Traina 2021 Citations: 8
Argentina D Cravacuore, A Nickson Modern Local and Regional Politics Guide, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar , 2021 2021 Citations: 2
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
La articulación en la gestión municipal: Actores y políticas D Cravacuore, SR Ilari, A Villar Universidad Nacional de Quilmes Editorial , 2004 2004 Citations: 152
The Transaction Costs of Government Responses to the COVID‐19 Emergency in Latin America EE Ramírez de la Cruz, EJ Grin, P Sanabria‐Pulido, D Cravacuore, ... Public Administration Review 80 (4), 683-695 , 2020 2020 Citations: 145
Los Municipios Argentinos (1990 œ 2005) D Cravacuore Cravacuore, D. e Israel, R.(comp.) Procesos políticos municipales comparados … , 1990 1990 Citations: 136
La articulación en la gestión municipal D Cravacuore, S Ilari, A Villar Actores y políticas. Buenos Aires: Editorial de la Universidad de Quilmes , 2004 2004 Citations: 83
Desarrollo Local: Una revisión crítica del debate A Rofman, A Villar Buenos Aires: Espacio Editorial, , 2006 2006 Citations: 82
Gobiernos locales en Argentina D Cravacuore Manual de gobiernos locales en Iberoamérica, 15-40 , 2016 2016 Citations: 65
Análisis del asociativismo intermunicipal en Argentina D Cravacuore Medio Ambiente y Urbanización 64 (1), 3-16 , 2006 2006 Citations: 63
La articulación de actores para el desarrollo local. DA Cravacuore Desarrollo Local. Una Revisión Crítica del Debate. , 2006 2006 Citations: 57
Innovación en la gestión municipal D Cravacuore Universidad Nacional de Quilmes , 2002 2002 Citations: 46
La recentralización emergente en América Latina D Cravacuore C. Fidel & A. Villar (Comp.), Miradas y Controversias del Desarrollo … , 2014 2014 Citations: 42
La recentralización municipal en la Argentina D Cravacuore Estado Abierto. Revista sobre el Estado, la administración y las políticas … , 2017 2017 Citations: 39
El municipio argentino: de la administración al gobierno local D Cravacuore, A Villar Democracia y sociedad en la Argentina contemporánea. Reflexiones sobre tres … , 2014 2014 Citations: 36
El proceso reciente de asociativismo intermunicipal en Argentina DA Cravacuore, AR Clemente Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones … , 2006 2006 Citations: 30
Perspectivas de los gobiernos locales en Argentina D Cravacuore Territorio y gestión municipal. Pautas de gestión territorial hacia un … , 2009 2009 Citations: 26
La participación ciudadana en los gobiernos locales argentinos D Cravacuore Gestión Municipal Participativa. Construyendo Democracia Cotidiana, 162-181 , 2009 2009 Citations: 21
Medición de la Autonomía Municipal en las Provincias Argentinas D Cravacuore Revista Argentina de Derecho Municipal 4, 1-20 , 2019 2019 Citations: 20
Alianzas para el desarrollo local en Argentina: experiencias, aprendizajes y desafíos D Cravacuore Editorial Dunken , 2003 2003 Citations: 20
Fragmentación y articulaciones de la política social local S Ilari D. Cravacuore (Comp.), Innovación en la gestión municipal, 60-68 , 2002 2002 Citations: 20
La recentralización municipal en América Latina D Cravacuore Ziccardi, A y Cravacuore, D. Los gobiernos locales y las políticas de … , 2017 2017 Citations: 19
La intermunicipalidad en Argentina: Contribuciones para su mejor conocimiento D Cravacuore Encrucijada Americana 8 (1), 31-51 , 2016 2016 Citations: 19