First World and Third World after the Cold War / Eric Hobsbawm. -- Urban dimensions in rural development / Alexander Schejtman. -- Training and the small enterprises of Latin America / Guillermo Labarca. -- Neoliberal reforms and macroeconomic policy in Peru / Oscar Dancourt. -- The impact of public investment on private investment in Brazil, 1947-1990 / Bruno de Oliveira Cruz and Joanílio R. Teixeira. -- Chile and its “lateral” trade policy / Sebastián Sáez and Juan Gabriel Valdés S. -- Restructuring in manufacturing: case studies of Chile, Mexico and Venezuela / Carla Macario. -- Apparel-based industrialization in the Caribbean Basin: A threadbare garment? / Michael Mortimore. -- The in-bond assembly industry and technical change / Rudolf M. Buitelaar, Ramón Padilla and Ruth Urrutia. -- Science and technology policy and the National Innovation System in Argentina / Daniel Chudnovsky. -- Concessions and road and rail transport optimization / Ian Thomson.