Less volatile growth? The role of regional financial institutions / José Luis Machinea and Daniel Titelman .-- Fiscal federalism in Brazil: an overview / José Serra and José Roberto R. Afonso .-- What are fiscal rules for? A critical analysis of the Argentine experience / Miguel Braun and Nicolás Gadano .-- Trade agreements by Colombia, Ecuador and Peru with the United States: effects on trade, production and welfare / José E. Durán Lima, Carlos J. de Miguel and Andrés R. Schuschny .-- Employment Challenges and Policy Responses in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico / Christoph Ernst, Janine Berg and Peter Auer .-- Evolution of the link between selective anti-poverty policies and social sectors policies / Ana Sojo .-- Effects of urban segregation on education in Montevideo / Rubén Kaztman and Alejandro Retamoso .-- Consensus and dissension among Mexican economists / Carlos M. Urzúa .-- Mirrors of change: industrialists in Chile and Uruguay / Andrés Rivarola.