Table of contents

• Economic growth and human development in Latin America / Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart. -- Trade, resources and inequality in Latin America / Juan Luis Londoño. -- Labour markets and pension systems / Andras Uthoff. -- Income distribution in Argentina, 1974-2000 / Oscar Altimir, Luis Beccaria and Martín González Rozada. -- United States interest rates, Latin American debt and financial contagion / Inés Bustillo and Helvia Velloso. -- Making infrastructure reform in Latin America work for the poor / Antonio Estache, Vivien Foster and Quentin Wodon. -- Medical care equity for older persons in Chile: the role of the insurance sector / Steven P. Wallace. -- Decentralization and participation in Latin America: an economic perspective / Iván Finot. -- Behaviour of Brazilian export firms: implications for the Free Trade Area of the Americas / Renato Baumann and Francisco Galrão Carneiro. -- NAFTA and the loss of U.S. market share by Brazil, 1992-2001 / Jorge Chami Batista and João Pedro Wagner de Azevedo.