Reports

A Statistical Note on the April 14 Venezuelan Presidential Election and Audit of Results

May 2013, David Rosnick and Mark Weisbrot

Still Waiting for Justice: An Assessment of the Honduran Public Ministry’s Investigation of the May 11, 2012 Killings in Ahuas, Honduras

April 2013, Alexander Main and Annie Bird

Breaking Open the Black Box: Increasing Aid Transparency and Accountability in Haiti

April 2013, Jake Johnston and Alexander Main

Ecuador’s New Deal: Reforming and Regulating the Financial Sector

February 2013, Mark Weisbrot, Jake Johnston and Stephan Lefebvre

Adjusting for Polling Biases in Venezuela’s 2012 Presidential Election

October 2012, David Rosnick

Venezuela's Economic Recovery: Is It Sustainable?

September 2012, Mark Weisbrot and Jake Johnston

Collateral Damage of a Drug War

August 2012, Alexander Main and Annie Bird

The Mexican Economy and the 2012 Elections

June 2012, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Update on the Jamaican Economy

May 2012, Jake Johnston and Juan Antonio Montecino

Ecuador’s Economy Since 2007

May 2012, Rebecca Ray and Sara Kozameh

Decreasing Inequality Under Latin America’s “Social Democratic” and “Populist” Governments: Is the Difference Real?

October 2011, Juan A. Montecino

The Argentine Success Story and its Implications

October 2011, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, Juan A. Montecino and Sara Kozameh

The Organization of American States in Haiti: Election Monitoring or Political Intervention?

October 2011, David Rosnick

Not Doing Enough: Unnecessary Sickness and Death from Cholera in Haiti

August 2011, Jake Johnston and Keane Bhatt

Macroeconomic Policy, Growth and Income Distribution in the Brazilian Economy in the 2000s
June 2011, Franklin Serrano and Ricardo Summa

Obama’s Latin America Policy: Continuity Without Change
May 2011, Mark Weisbrot

Jamaica: Macroeconomic Policy, Debt and the IMF
May 2011, Jake Johnston and Juan Antonio Montecino

The Scorecard on Development, 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
April 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Analysis of the OAS Mission’s Draft Report on Haiti’s Election
January 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Jake Johnston

Haiti's Fatally Flawed Election
January 2011, Jake Johnston and Mark Weisbrot

Television in Venezuela: Who Dominates the Media?
December 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Tara Ruttenberg

The Gains From Trade: South American Economic Integration and the Resolution of Conflict
November 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Jake Johnston

Update on the Venezuelan Economy
September 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

A Concise History of Exchange Rate Regimes in Latin America
April 2010, Roberto Frenkel and Martín Rapetti

Capital Controls and Monetary Policy in Developing Countries
April 2010, José Antonio Cordero and Juan Antonio Montecino

Using Food Aid to Support, Not Harm, Haitian Agriculture
April 2010, Mark Weisbrot, Jake Johnston, and Rebecca Ray

Bolivia: The Economy During the Morales Administration
December 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray and Jake Johnston

Honduras: Recent Economic Performance
November 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries
October 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, Jake Johnston, Jose Antonio Cordero and Juan Antonio Montecino

The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Economic Sanctions: A Comparison of Honduras With Other Countries

August 2009, Alexander Main and Jake Johnston

Costa Rica During the Global Recession: Fiscal Stimulus with Tight Monetary Policy
July 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

Update on the Ecuadorian Economy
June 2009, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

IMF Voting Shares: No Plans for Significant Changes
May 2009, Mark Weisbrot and Jake Johnston

Troubled Assets: The IMF's Latest Projections for Economic Growth in the Western Hemisphere
April 2009, David Rosnick

Empowering the IMF: Should Reform be a Requirement for Increasing the Fund’s Resources?
April 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Jose Cordero and Luis Sandoval

Inflation Experiences in Latin America, 2007-2008
February 2009, Mark Weisbrot and David Rosnick

The Chávez Administration at 10 Years: The Economy and Social Indicators
February 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray and Luis Sandoval

Update - Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason For Further Delays
December 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

Oil Prices and Venezuela's Economy
November 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Poverty Reduction in Venezuela: A Reality Based View
Fall 2008, ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America, Mark Weisbrot

Argentina: The Crisis That Isn't
October 2008, Mark Weisbrot

The United States and the World: Where Are We Headed?
September 2008, Mark Weisbrot

The Distribution of Bolivia's Most Important Natural Resources and the Autonomy Conflicts
July 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

"Illiteracy" Revisited: What Ortega and Rodríguez Read in the Household Survey
May 2008, David Rosnick and Mark Weisbrot

How Not to Attack an Economist (and an Economy): Getting the Numbers Right
April 2008, Mark Weisbrot

An Empty Research Agenda: The Creation of Myths About Contemporary Venezuela
March 2008, Mark Weisbrot

The Economic Impact of a U.S. Slowdown on the Americas
March 2008, Mark Weisbrot, John Schmitt and Luis Sandoval

Update: The Venezuelan Economy in the Chávez Years
February 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason for Further Delays
December 2007, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

Argentina's Economic Recovery: Policy Choices and Implications
October 2007, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

The Sustainability of Sterilization Policy
September 2007, Roberto Frenkel

Bolivia's Economy - An Update
August 2007, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

The Venezuelan Economy in the Chávez Years
July 2007, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

Argentina’s Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies after the Convertibility Regime Collapse
April 2007, Roberto Frenkel and Martín Rapetti

Political Forecasting? The IMF’s Flawed Growth Projections for Argentina and Venezuela
April 2007, David Rosnick and Mark Weisbrot

Argentina: The Central Bank in the Foreign Exchange Market
February 2007, Roberto Frenkel

Bolivia's Economy: The First Year
January 2007, Mark Weisbrot

Latin America: The End of An Era
Winter 2006, Mark Weisbrot

Ecuador's Presidential Election: Background on Economic Issues
November 2006, Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval, Belén Cadena 

Brazil’s Presidential Election: Background on Economic Issues
September 2006, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval  

An Analysis of Discrepancies in the Mexican Presidential Election Results
August 2006, Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval and Carla Paredes-Drouet

An Analysis of Mexico's Recounted Ballots
August 2006, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, Luis Sandoval and Carla Paredes-Drouet

Mexico's Presidential Election: Background on Economic Issues
June 2006, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

Poverty Rates In Venezuela: Getting the Numbers Right
May 2006, Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval, and David Rosnick

Peru's Election: Background on Economic Issues
April 2006, Mark Weisbrot

Bolivia's Challenges
March 2006, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress
September 2005, Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

A Note on Venezuela's Economic Performance
June 2005, Mark Weisbrot

Poor Numbers: The Impact of Trade Liberalization on World Poverty
November 2004, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

Getting Mexico to Grow with NAFTA: The World Bank's Analysis
October 2004, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker

Black Swans, Conspiracy Theories, and the Quixotic Search for Fraud: A Look at Hausmann and Rigobon's Analysis of Venezuela's Referendum Vote
September 2004, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Todd Tucker

Polling and the Ballot: The Venezuelan Referendum
August 2004, David Rosnick

NAFTA at Ten: The Recount
March 2004, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker

The Cancún Ministerial and the U.S.: Public Perception, Reality, and Implications
February 2004, Mark Weisbrot and Todd Tucker

The $300 Billion Question: How Much Do High-Income Countries Subsidize Agriculture?
December 2003, Joseph Wright

Another Lost Decade? Latin America's Growth Failure Continues into the 21st Century
November 2003, Mark Weisbrot and David Rosnick

Too Sunny In Latin America? The IMF’s Overly Optimistic Growth Projections and Their Consequences
September 2003, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

World Bank Involvement in the Privitisation of Public Pension Systems in Dev. & Transition Countries
May 2003, Dean Baker and Debayani Kar

Is It Time to Export the US Tax Model to Latin America?
April 2003, John Schmitt

Argentina's Crisis: The Costs and Consequences of Default to the IFIs
November 2002, Mark Weisbrot and Alan Cibils

Paying the Bills in Brazil: Does the IMF Math Add Up?
September 2002, Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker

Argentina Since Default: The IMF and the Depression
September 2002, Alan Cibils, Mark Weisbrot and Debayani Kar

The Relative Impact of Trade Liberalization on Developing Countries
June 2002, Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker

The Role of Social Security Privitization in Argentina's Economic Crisis
April 2002, Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot

When 'Good Parents' Go Bad: The IMF in Argentina
April 2002, Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker

What Happened to Argentina?
January 2002, Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker

The Scorecard on Globalization 1980-2000: 20 Years of Diminished Progress
July 2001, Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, Egor Kraev, Judy Chen

Recent Experience with International Financial Markets: Lessons for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
April 1999, Mark Weisbrot and Neil Watkins