Neo-Keynesian macroeconomics as seen from the South / Joseph Ramos. -- Saving and investment under external and fiscal constraints / Nicolas Eyzaguirre. -- Export promotion and import substitution in Central American industry / Larry Willmore. -- The specificity of the Latin American State / Unzo Valetto. -- The ecopolitics of development in Brazil / Roberto Guimaraes. -- Social policies in Costa Rica / Ana Sojo. -- Poverty in Ecuador. Eduardo Santos. -- Natural disasters and their economic and social impact / Roberto Jovel. -- Institutionalism and structuralism / Osvaldo Sunkel.