In memory of Pedro Vuskovic / Jacobo Schatan. -- Regional integration In the 1990s / Gert Rosenthal. -- The integratlonlst revival: A return to Prebisch's policy prescriptions / José Manuel Salazar. -- Trade liberalization in Latin America / Manuel Agosin and Ricardo Ffreneh-Davis. -- Growth, crises and strategic turnarounds / Joseph Ramos. -- Market failure and technological policy / Jorge M. Katz. -- The monetary crisis, dollarization and the exchange rate / Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. -- Financing decentralization / Dolores María Rufián Lizana. -- Intraregional migration of skilled manpower / Jorge Martinez. -- Social sciences and social reality in Central America / Andrés Pérez. -- The history of the social stratification of Latin America / Enzo Faletto. -- Socio-economic structure and collective behaviour / Rodrigo Baño.