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Elaborado por solicitacao do Banco Mundial, este trabalho deve ser entendido como uma contribuicao aos debates que tiveram lugar no Seminario "Brasil: Desafios para o Desenvolvimento Urbano para a Proxima Decada", realizado no periodo de 22 a 24 de agosto de 1994, no Rio de Janeiro. No artigo sao analisadas algumas experiencias municipais bem-sucedidas de gestao urbana, das quais o autor procura extrair licoes que possam contribuir para mudar o quadro de degradacao atingido. Por ultimo, o documento compreende recomendacoes quanto a medidas voltadas para o fortalecimento da capacidade de gestao dos municipios, visando ampliar-lhes a participacao na promocao de uma nova politica de desenvolvimento urbano. (ram/DÜI)

In this article, the author discusses financial questions deemed as key issues, in highway privatization projects in Brazil. Expected returns, compared tariffs, costs, demand and capital structure are the core on this work. The author performs a simulation exercise based on one of the cases most frequently remembered as a candidate to privatization in the State of Sao Paulo: the system comprising the Anchieta and the Imigrantes highways, which make a connection between the city of Sao Paulo and the city of Santos, on the coast. The conclusions indicate that it is a feasible undertaking, provided that some restrictions are included in its design

This paper deals with US interests in the world debt problem. In the general framework named as "transfer problem" the author presents a case study of Mexico and Brazil. He concludes showing five alternative solutions to the debt problem: an improved world macro-economy, facilities, debt-equity swaps, a reversal of capital flight, and Bradly-style debt relief

In this study the author briefly summarizes the difficulties faced by the developing countries concerning their foreign debt. He also discusses the factors which stand behind the ratios of indebtness most commonly used. Finally he presents a summary of the main proposals which have been advanced to reduce the foreign debt of Latin American and Third World countries

This paper analyzes the recent evolution of the monetary and financial system of Argentine economy, particularly from the implementation of Plano Austral, June 15, 1985. According to the author, the initial impact of the stabilization plan had two elements that were emphasized: the increasing of demand for monetary resources, and the reduction of the fiscal deficit

The author compares the negotiating process of two agreements: Canada/USA and Argentina/Brazil. The main topic discussed is the harmonization of economic policies. In order to create a free trade area or a common market, governments have to face a difficult choice, between the economic benefits of integration and the political costs of restricted sovereignty. Two different configurations of this dilemma are analysed in this paper

This paper presents an alternative view of agricultural commercialization in the capitalist development process, in contrast with the functionalist approach derived from neoclassical economic theory. In the Brazilian economy, agricultural capital circulation depends on the social organization of production and the development of capitalist concentration, both determined by the modernization process. The author emphasizes the tendency toward subordination of circulation activities, the growing importance of different types of capital and its financial appreciation in agricultural production and circulation