Dollarization and other Dilemmas
Currency policy is one of the most important choices facing Latin American governments and peoples today. Exchange rates have long made front-page news in Latin America. Argentina’s…
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Country: Brazil
Will Brazil Restructure Its Economic Debt?
The economy is mature but the Government, an adolescent.” That’s the way Gustavo Franco, a former president of Brazil’s central bank and a Harvard-trained economist, recently described…
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Brazil: Community Participation
A very poor, black mother in a fringe neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Brazil, drew herself up with pride as she told me about her recent meeting with the Mayor to discuss the problems of…
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Latin America and the World Economy
Latin America and the World Economy since 1800 edited by John H. Coatsworth and Alan M. Taylor marks a watershed in the research agenda. It is important for several reasons. First, as the…
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Solbrig Wins International Biology Award
Bussey Professor of Biology Otto T. Solbrig, a member of the DRCLAS Executive Committee, has won the 1998 International Prize for Biology, presented by the Japan Society for the Promotion of…
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