The subsidiary role of direct foreign investment in industrialization: the Colombian manufacturing sector

Includes bibliography

Dependent societies and crisis in Latin America: the challenges of social and political transformation

Includes bibliography

Legal aspects of the Latin American public debt: relations with the commercial banks

Includes bibliography

External debt and crisis: the decline of the orthodox procedures

Includes bibliography

The external debt of the Latin American countries

También en: Comercio Exterior, México, DF, v. 36, No 5, p. 382, mayo 1986 (78609); y en: U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: The costs of foreign debt for the United States and the Third World, Washington, DC

A two-front attack to overcome the payments crisis of developing countries

Includes bibliography

The imperfections of the capital market

Includes bibliography

The agriculture of Latin America: changes, trends and outlines of strategy

Examina las transformaciones de la agricultura regional y los diversos aspectos vinculados con la evolucion del producto interno bruto agricola de la region. Senala los lineamientos de una estrategia orientada a la erradicacion de la pobreza rural y la reduccion de la vulnerabilidad externa en materia alimentaria.

On the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in the improvement of the production structure of developing countries

Includes bibliography

Twenty-five years of the Inter-American Development Bank

Presenta algunos antecedentes de la creacion del BID, asi como su tarea y sus proyecciones innovadoras en su papel de financiar importantes proyectos multinacionales.

The impact of structural changes in liner shipping on Caribbean ports

This edition of the FAL Bulletin deals with maritime transport in the Caribbean and focuses on structural changes in liner shipping and its impact on ports and transhipment in the Caribbean. The article has been written by Dr. Gustaaf de Monie of Policy Research Corporation N.V., Antwerp, Belgium, and is based on the study "Caribbean Ports Scan", which is about to be published by Policy Research Corporation (Fax 32-3-2869496). The opinions expressed in this article are of the author and may not necessarily coincide with the views of ECLAC. The main purpose of this edition is to encourage a constructive and fruitful discussion.