Apuntes 65

The articles in this issue: Measure the impact of intellectual property protection policies on the price of antiretroviral drugs, and access to these, in 59 countries; Analyze the achievements and limitations of the economic integration process in the Andean Community of Nations subregion during the period 1989-2005; Demonstrate the favorable impacts of public service infrastructure on the economy and the resulting cost excess when infrastructure is poor; Examine whether environmental legislation is one of the factors that influences decisions by the copper mining industry in Peru and Chile; Examine the connection between decentralization, local development, and reduction of poverty to discover whether decentralization can promote local economic development in Peru.