CEPAL Review no.63

The public sector’s role In Latin American development / Ricardo Carciofi. -- Equity in the public budget / Juan Martin. -- Pension system reforms, the capital market and saving / Andras Uthoff. -- Public institutions and explicit and implicit environmental policies / Nicolo Gligo. -- Non-market valuation of natural and environmental resources in Central America and the Caribbean / Steve Shultz. -- An integrated macro-model for the Caribbean subregion / Lucio Vinhas de Souza. -- Swerves and skids by the Venezuelan economy / José M iguel Benavente. -- How non-traditional are non-traditional exports? The experience of seven countries of the Caribbean Basin / Alberto Gabriele. -- Trade openness and structural change in the Brazilian motor industry / Ruy de Quadros Carvalho, Sérgio Robles Reis de Queiroz, Flävia Luciane Consoni, Ionara Costa and Janaina Pamplona da Costa. -- The ongoing history of a Chilean metal products and machinery firm / Jorge Katz and Héctor Vera. -- The importance of local production and small-scale enterprises for Latin American development / Francisco Alburquerque.