Back to Basics

Monday, March 31, 2008  |  <i>Americas Quarterly</i> Spring 2008

Universal welfare programs are returning to the social policy mix in the hemisphere. By their very nature, limited social assistance policies have limited impact, writes José Antonio Ocampo. Read the full text of the article in the Spring 2008 issue of Americas Quarterly, released April 24. ... Read More

High Inequality

Monday, March 31, 2008  |  Americas Quarterly Spring 2008

Recent research suggests that exclusion represents a severe drag on the region's economic growth and stability. Tackling high inequality and low social mobility is fundamental to getting economies on a sure footing, writes Guillermo Perry. Read the full article in the Spring 2008 issue of Americas Quarterly. ... Read More

Hard Talk Forum: Does Ethanol Make Economic and Environmental Sense?

Monday, March 31, 2008  |  Americas Quarterly Spring 2008

Bruce Dale, Professor, Michigan State University, and David Pimentel duel over the economic and environmental sense of biofuels. ... Read More

Fresh Look Review: Santiago's Children—What I Learned about Life at an Orphanage in Chile

Monday, March 31, 2008  |  Americas Quarterly Spring 2008

Pablo Bachelet reviews a personal and moving account by Steve Reifenberg of his time in Chile during the Pinochet years. ... Read More

Frustration Mounts

Monday, March 31, 2008  |  Americas Quarterly Spring 2008

Cuban workers and students have started to speak out against the failures of the revolution and the lack of changes. Recent pools indicate that the majority of Cubans are unhappy with the level of personal and economic freedom. Read the entire article in the Spring 2008 issue of Americas Quarterly. ... Read More

Free Trade and Poverty

Monday, March 31, 2008  |  Americas Quarterly Spring 2008

A fierce debate rages over whether globalization reduces or increases poverty and inequality. The evidence doesn't always provide comfortable answers for either side. Read the full article in the Spring 2008 issue of Americas Quarterly. ... Read More

Fresh Look Review: Ex Mex—From Migrants to Immigrants

Monday, March 31, 2008  |  Americas Quarterly Spring 2008

Alexandra Délano reviews Jorge Castañeda's lucid account of the political debates over U.S.-Mexico immigration as well as an overview of recent Mexican migration flows. ... Read More

Fresh Look Review: Los límites Morales del Gasto Público: Desigualdad, Bienestar e Ingresos no Laborales

Monday, March 31, 2008  |  Americas Quarterly Spring 2008

Ignacio Labaqui reviews  Dante Avaro's assessment of income inequality in Latin America and his proposed policy that reduces such inequality without compromising economic growth. ... Read More

Dispatches from the Field: São Paulo

Monday, March 31, 2008  |  Americas Quarterly Spring 2008

100,000 Bolivians, many of them undocumented immigrants, live and work in São Paulo, re-creating a Bolivian community in the midst of Brazil's industrial capital. Read the full article in the Spring 2008 issue of Americas Quarterly. ... Read More