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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

Macroeconomic Policy Advice and the Article IV Consultations: A European Union Case Study

January 2013, Mark Weisbrot and Helene Jorgensen

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

Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality

July 2012, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

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

More Pain, No Gain for Greece: Is the Euro Worth the Costs of Pro‐Cyclical Fiscal Policy and Internal Devaluation?

February 2012, Mark Weisbrot and Juan Antonio Montecino

Latvia's Internal Devaluation: A Success Story?

December 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

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

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

Labor Market Policy in the Great Recession: Some Lessons from Denmark and Germany
May 2011, John Schmitt

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

The IMF and Economic Recovery: Is Fund Policy Contributing to Downside Risks?
October 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Juan Montecino

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

Greece and the IMF: Who Exactly is Being Saved?
July 2010, Ronald Janssen

Alternatives to Fiscal Austerity in Spain
July 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Juan Montecino

Latvia’s Recession: The Cost of Adjustment With An “Internal Devaluation”
February 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

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

CEPR Responds to the IMF’s Reply and Defense of Its Policies During the World Recession
October 2009, Mark Weisbrot

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 IMF’s Stand-by Arrangements and the Economic Downturn in Eastern Europe: The Cases of Hungary, Latvia, and Ukraine
September 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

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

August 2009, Alexander Main and Jake Johnston

An International Comparison of Small Business Employment
August 2009, John Schmitt and Nathan Lane

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

Paid Sick Days Don't Cause Unemployment
June 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, Alison Earle, and Jody Heymann

Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries
May 2009, Jody Heymann, Hye Jin Rho, John Schmitt, and Alison Earle

U.S. Unemployment Now As High as Europe
May 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Shawn Fremstad

Estimating the Cost of Contributions to the IMF
May 2009, Mark Weisbrot and David Rosnick

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

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

Globalization: It Doesn't Just Happen (Conference Presentation)
November 2007, Dean Baker

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

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

Ten Years After: The Lasting Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis
August 2007, Mark Weisbrot

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

"Usable Productivity" Growth in the U.S.: An International Comparison, 1980-2005
June 2007, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Is the Unemployment Rate in Sweden Really 17 Percent?
June 2007, John Schmitt

No-Vacation Nation
May 2007, Rebecca Ray and John Schmitt

The Economic Impact of the Iraq War and Higher Military Spending
May 2007, Dean Baker

Social Inclusion in the United States
April 2007, Heather Boushey, Natalie Branosky, Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg and Margy Waller

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 

Increasing Inequality in the United States
November 2006, Dean Baker

Whatever Happened to the American Jobs Machine?
October 2006, John Schmitt

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

Old Europe Goes to Work: Rising Employment Rates in the European Union
September 2006, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

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

A Shrinking Market: Projections for U.S. Imports
July 2006, Mark Weisbrot and David Rosnick

Are Protective Labor Market Institutions Really at the Root of Unemployment? A Critical Perspective
July 2006, David R. Howell, Dean Baker, Andrew Glyn and John Schmitt

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

Changing Patterns in the Relative Economic Performance of Immigrants to Great Britain and the U.S., 1980-2000
April 2006, John Schmitt and Jonathan Wadsworth

Employment Regulation and French Unemployment: Were the French Students Right After All?
April 2006, John Schmitt and David Howell

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

Four Economic Issues That Environmentalists Should Care About
September 2005, Mark Weisbrot

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

Going Down With the Dollar: The Cost to Developing Countries of a Declining Dollar
September 2004, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker

Unemployment and Labor Market Institutions: The Failure of the Empirical Case for Deregulation
September 2004, Dean Baker, Andrew Glyn, David Howell, and John Schmitt

Applying Economics to Economists: Good Governance at the International Financial Institutions

July 2004, Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker

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

Fool's Gold: Projections of the U.S. Import Market
January 2004, Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot

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

Labor Market Protections and Unemployment: Does the IMF Have a Case?
November 2003, Dean Baker and John Schmitt

The IMF-World Bank Plan for Sri Lanka: Will it Help or Hinder South Asian Success?
April 2003, Debayani Kar

The Economic Costs of a War in Iraq: The Negative Scenario
December 2002, Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot

Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment: A Critical Analysis of Cross-Country Evidence
November 2002, Dean Baker, Andrew Glyn, David Howell and 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

Give Me a Break: The Extent of Paid Holidays and Vacation
September 2002, Helene Jorgensen

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

Money for Nothing: The Increasing Cost of Foreign Reserve Holdings to Developing Nations
November 2001, Dean Baker and Karl Walentin

The World Bank's Attack on Social Security
August 2001, Dean Baker

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

Effective Currency Transactions Taxes: The Need to Tax Derivatives
July 2001, Dean Baker

Is the Treasury Above the Law?
June 2001, Robert Naiman

Growth May Be Good for the Poor, But are IMF and World Bank Policies Good for Growth?
May 2001, Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, Robert Naiman, and Gila Neta

One Year After Seattle: Globalization Revisited
November 2000, Mark Weisbrot

Diverting the Old Age Crisis: International Projections of Living Standards in the 21st Century
July 2000, Dean Baker

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

A Survey of the Impacts of IMF Structural Adjustment in Africa
April 1999, Robert Naiman and Neil Watkins