The countries of Central America are often described as open economies because the ratio of trade to gross domestic product is high. The author reviews trends in economic performance, estimates the contribution of import substitution and export promotion to manufacturing growth, examines...

Social changes accompanying the evolution of technology and its contradictions find expression in dynamic desequilibria which affect the internal economies of both the central and the peripheral countries. This article analyses these disequilibria and puts forward considerations relating to the...

En este articulo se examinan algunos aspectos que deberian considerarse al preparar una nueva estrategia de industrializacion que permita hacer frente a los desequilibrios externos de America Latina, partiendo del concepto de articulacion, que se considera el atributo mas significativo de...