States and Institutions of Governance in Latin America (Sigla)

states and institutions of governance in latin america (sigla) is an online multilingual database on legal and political institutions in latin america. our mission is to make systematic and comprehensive information about these institutions freely available to scholars, government actors, business leaders, and civil society organizations in the americas and around the world. by democratizing access to information about governance in latin america, sigla increases transparency, facilitates empirical research, and enables well-informed decision-making in multiple sectors. sigla provides the following for each institution included in the database: • general information on structure and functioning; • data to measure key characteristics such as accessibility, independence, and authority; • membership and leadership data; • and a list of the key laws governing actions and procedures. in the long term, sigla will provide cross-nationally comparable, current and historical, qualitative and