Freeing the Americas of Poverty and Hunger - Presentation by Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana to the XIX Summit of the Rio Group. -- The Treatment of Asymmetries in the Context of Regional Cooperation. -- Is Lewis’ Model of any Relevance to the Caribbean of Today?. -- Perspectives on the decline in the Windward Island Banana Industry. -- Gender and Social Protection. -- Methodologies for Disaster Assessment. -- Improving Social Statistics and Policy Research with special reference to HIV / AIDS. -- Recent publications.