A historic turning point for the Latin American periphery / Raúl Prebisch. -- Adjustment, redeployment or transformation? Background and options in the current situation / Pedro Sáinz. -- Growing labour absorption with persistent underemployment / Norberto E. Garcia. -- The limits of the possible in regional planning / Carlos A. de Mattos. -- Poverty description and analysis of policies for overcoming it / Sergio Molina S. -- The participation of youth in the development process of Latin America / Henry Kirsch. -- Energy demand in Chilean manufacturing / Larry Wilmore. -- On the history and political economy of small farmer policies / David Dunham.