"Series of papers assessing Mexico's recent macroeconomic performance. Chapters cover the process of adjustment from the crisis of 1982 to 1992, the potential of the agricultural sector, structural problems in manufacturing, the service sector, and problems of semi-industrialized economies...

"Traces the main tendencies of the Colombian economy during the 1980s. A solid macroeconomic review and an analysis of the handling of foreign debt explain how Colombia escaped the 'lost decade.' This examination is coupled by an overview of the decade's political swings, marked especially by...