"Series of well-written articles analyzes elements that comprise successful stabilization programs, as well as impact of deregulation, privatization, tax reform, and trade liberalization. Discusses reform efforts in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Israel, Mexico, Peru, and Turkey"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. ǂu http://www.loc.gov/hlas.

Trade policy, exchange rates, and growth / Sebastian Edwards -- Are economic crises necessary for trade liberalization and fiscal reform? The Mexican experience / Aaron Tornell -- Macroeconomic instability and social progress / Mauricio Cárdenas and Miguel Urrutia -- Continuity, change, and the political economy of transition in Chile / Raúl Labn and Felipé Larraín -- Inflation and unemployment as determinants of inequality in Brazil : the 1980s / Eliana Cardoso, Ricardo Paes de Barros, and Andre Urani -- Israel's stabilization : some important policy lessons / Gil Bufman and Leonardo Leiderman -- Progress report on Argentina / Rudiger Dornbusch -- Bolivia : from stabilization to what? / Federico A. Sturzenegger -- Tax lore for budding reformers / Arnold C. Harberger -- Deregulation as a source of growth in Mexico / Arturo M. Fernndez -- Partial adjustment and growth in the 1980s in Turkey / Anne O. Krueger -- Stopping three big inflations : Argentina, Brazil, and Peru / Miguel A. Kiguel and Nissan Liviatan.