It has often been suggested that the trade-off between equity and efficiency can be overcome by achieving both goals sequentially. This article shows how the government of President Lula has tried to follow the latter, by first emphasizing economic orthodoxy, to be followed by measures to...

This is a comprehensive study of regional Foreign Direct Investment in Chile and its relationship with the development of Chilean regions. Following a process of steady foreign capitals flows to Chile, the link of this phenomenon with the growth of Chilean Regions are explored in three main...

The implementation of anti-drug policies that focus on illicit crops in theAndean countries faces many significant obstacles, one of which is the culturalclash it generates between the main stakeholders. On the one handone finds the governments and agencies that attempt to implement...

...La gran concentración de la industria de drogas ilegales contradice creenciasy lugares comunes respecto a las razones por las cuales un país producedichas substancias. Comúnmente se afirma que las drogas ilegales seproducen simplemente porque son muy rentables. Esta afirmación es simpley...

This essay analyses the nature of the drug policy formulation problem,describes a theory of competitive advantage in illicit drugs, draws somepolicy implications from this theory, analyses the characteristics of the maindrug producing countries that make them prone to develop the illicit...