ECLAC and the new growth theories / Adela Hounie, Lucía Pittaluga, Gabriel Porcile and Fabio Scatolin. -- The industrial policy debate / Bernardo Kosacoff and Adrián Ramos. -- Mercosur: its challenges to small and medium-sized industrial enterprises in terms of competition / Francisco Gatto. -- Trade and growth in Chile / Manuel R. Agosin. -- Argentina’s Industrial Specialization Regime: new-generation industrial policy, or merely a transfer of resources? / Pablo Sirlin. -- Comparative advantages and the exploitation of environmental resources / Diego Azqueta and Daniel Sotelsek. -- The natural gas industry and its regulation in Latin America / Humberto Campodónico. -- Educational decentralization models in Latin America / Emanuela Di Gropello. -- The role of agents in agricultural policies: intentions and reality / Martine Dirven.