There is no design control, no procurement document control, no controls on materials and purchases, no control equipment ( . . . ) Who is going to operate this plant? The indispensable international requirement for operation of a nuclear reactor is that the operator be trustworthy that people believe that this person will respect international […]

Notes[ref]This paper draws heavily from a paper prepared by Julia Sagebien titled “Foreign Trade and Investment in Cuba After February 24, 1996: Life Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” delivered in Ottawa on May 17, 1996. However, the views presented here are exclusively those of the author.[/ref] This paper characterizes the situation that Cuba […]

Notes[ref]This paper is based on parts of my Doctoral Dissertation at the University of Miami, tentatively entitled “Understanding the Polish Labor Market.” I would like to thank John Devereux, Luis Locay, and Philip Robins for their helpful comments.[/ref[ Poland is one of the more successful cases of transition from a centrally planned to a market […]

Notes[ref]No work is ever done in a vacuum, and this paper is no exception. Thanks to Professor Abraham Ravid of NYU’s Stern School of Business, Anna Szterenfeld of the Economist Intelligence Unit, Mark Siebel of the Miami Herald, and Leo Guzman of Leo Guzman and Associates for their thoughts on the subject. Special thanks go […]

Notes[ref]Summary of a round table session organized and chaired by William A. Messina, Jr., with participation by José Alvarez, Thomas H. Spreen, Anne E. Moseley, and Charles M. Adams. Contributions by individual participants are identified in the paper.[/ref] OVERVIEW [ref]Remarks by William A. Messina, Jr.[/ref] The International Agricultural Trade and Development Center at the University […]