Introduction Economic Prospects and Central Policy Issues The Economic Outlook for Latin America in the 1990s by Enrique V. Iglesias The Development of Latin American and Caribbean Countries in the 1980s and Prospects for the Future by Gert Rosenthal Hyperinflation in Latin America: The Search for Developmental Solutions by Gary McMahon Global Income Redistribution: An Alternate Perspective on the Latin American Debt Crisis by Myron J. Frankman Trade and Industrial Policy in Latin America: Issues for the 1990s by David Glover Society, Economy, And Ecology: Toward Equity And Sustainability Distribution of Income and Poverty in Latin America: Recent Trends and Challenges for the 1990s by Albert Berry Brazilian Amazonia: From Destruction to Sustainable Development? by Rolf Wesche and Michael Small Women and Human Rights in Latin America: Challenges for the 1990s? by Elizabeth Spehar Changing Informal Settlements in Latin American Cities by Yvonne Riano and Rolf Wesche The Sustainability of Democratization Back to Populism: Latin America's Alternative to Democracy by Julian Castro Rea, Graciela Ducatenzeiler, and Philippe Faucher Public Trust and the Consolidation of Latin American Democracies by Luis Roniger Governability and the Receiver State in Latin America: Analysis and Prospects by Jorge Nef and Remonda Bensabat Chile: Redemocratization or the Entrenchment of Counterrevolution? by Nibaldo Galleguillos and Jorge Nef Argentina: An Underdeveloping Country? by Alberto Ciria Micro and Macro Logics of Political Conflict: The Informal Sector and Institutional Change in Peru and Mexico by Maxwell A. Cameron The State and Economic Crisis in Mexico: Restructuring the Parastate Sector by Judith Teichman Prospects for Economic and Political Change in Cuba in the 1990s by Archibald R.M. Ritter General Bibliography Index