Political and Economic Analysis

Welcome UEES students to the webpage of this class.   Here you will find most of the articles and working papers that will be used in this course.

Reading Material

More Instruments and Broader Goals: Moving Toward the Post-Washington Consensus: Joseph E. Stiglitz 
Redefining the Role of the State: What should it do? How Should it Do it? And How should these decisions be made?: Joseph Stiglitz
Is Privatization Necessary?: John Nellis
Argentina's Structural Reforms of the 1990's: Pedro Pou
Liberalization, Globalization, and Income Distribution: Giovanni Cornia (PDF)
Crisis Bancarias: Causas, Costos, Duración, Efectos y Opciones de Política: Juan Amieva Huerta (PDF)
Financial Crises: Lessons Learned by Financial Investors: Mario Vera
Chile in the 1990's: Embracing Development Opportunities: Eduardo Aninat
Reformas Estructurales y Política Económica en Costa Rica: Juan Manuel Villasuso (PDF)
Should Equity Be a Goal of Economic Policy: IMF Fiscal Affairs Department
Liberalizing Capital Movements: Some Analytical Issues: Barry Eichengreen.
Roads to Nowhere: How Corruption in Public Investment Hurts Growth: Vito Tanzi & Hamid Davoodi.
Exchange Rate Arrangements: IMF Survey
Part I (PDF)
Part II (PDF)
Part III (PDF)
Part IV (PDF)
International Lending and International Debt (The International Economy. Chapter #7):  Dean Hanink (Not available in the website)
Criterios para un Programa de Empleo de Emergencia para Ecuador: Norberto E. Garcia (Not available in the website)

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