Apuntes 33

The articles in this issue: Analyze the problems exhibited by the system of government under the 1979 Constitution, and examine the reforms introduced thereto by the new Constitution; Summarize the main economic modifications introduced by the 1993 Constitution; Describe donation debt swaps, one of several components that are now regarded as the menu of non-conventional options for the treatment of external debt; Explore the connections between international trade and natural resource economics in the recent literature; Study the educational reform process carried out in Chile in the 1980s, assessing successes and failures in terms of teaching quality from an economic perspective; Assess public investment and present policy proposals across different areas, especially agriculture, transport, and energy; Present the concept of “genericity,” arguing it to be indispensable to scientific models applied to political economy; Review a debate about Peruvian historiography involving five Peruvian historians.