Beyond economics: interactions between politics and economic development / Fernando Henrique Cardoso .-- Less advanced sectors in the Latin American fertility transition / Susana Schkolnik and Juan Chackiel .-- Urban segregation and public space: young people in enclaves of structural poverty / Gonzalo A. Saraví .-- Rural non-farm employment and rural diversity in Latin America / Martine Dirven .-- Food security and family farming / Gustavo Gordillo de Anda .-- Growth, competitiveness and employment in Peru, 1990-2003 / Norberto E. García .-- The market and water management reform in Peru / Eduardo Zegarra .-- The export performance of Chilean firms: some stylized facts / Roberto Álvarez E. .-- Measuring technological capabilities in Mexican industry / Lilia Domínguez and Flor Brown .-- Basel II: developing countries and portfolio diversification / Stephany Griffith-Jones, Miguel Ángel Segoviano and Stephen Spratt .-- IDB lending to budget oversight institutions / Carlos Santiso.