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CEPAL Review referees 2007-2008
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This publication, entitled the CEPAL Review, is covered in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), published by Thomson ISI, and in the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), published by the American Economic Association

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OSVALDO SUNKEL
Chairman of the Editorial Council

ANDRÉ HOFMAN
Director

MIGUEL TORRES
Technical Editor

Ten theses concerning social conflict in Latin America
Fernando Calderón

Social stratification and mobility in Guatemala
Guillermo Díaz

Capabilities and gender: a sum or system of inequalities? The case of Chile
Virginia Guzmán, Emmanuelle Barozet, Eduardo Candia, Bernardita Ihnen and Bettina Leiva

Determinants of educational performance in Uruguay, 2003-2006
Cecilia Oreiro and Juan Pablo Valenzuela

The socioeconomic cost of illicit drug consumption in Chile
Matías Fernández H.

The importance of the manufacturing sector for Brazilian economic development
Carmem Aparecida Feijó and Marcos Tostes Lamonica

Argentina: Dissemination of genetically modified cotton and its impact on the profitability of small-scale farmers in the Chaco province
Valeria Arza, Laura Goldberg and Claudia Vázquez

Infrastructure and economic growth in Peru
Roberto Urrunaga and Carlos Aparicio

Financial market reaction to central bank monetary policy communications under an inflation-targeting regime: the case of Brazil
Gabriel Caldas M.

Mexico: what is the impact of monetary policy on unemployment rates?
Alejandro Islas C. and Willy Walter Cortez
Explanatory notes
The following symbols are used in tables in the Review:
3 puntos
 Three dots indicate that data are not available or are not separately reported.
Guion
 A dash indicates that the amount is nil or negligible.
blank
 A blank space in a table means that the item in question is not applicable.
Guion
 A minus sign indicates a deficit or decrease, unless otherwise specifi ed.
coma
 A point is used to indicate decimals.
slash
 A slash indicates a crop year or fiscal year; e.g., 2006/2007.
Raya
 Use of a hyphen between years (e.g., 2006-2007) indicates reference to the complete period considered, including the beginning and end years.
The word "tons" means metric tons and the word "dollars" means United States dollars, unless otherwise stated. References to annual rates of growth or variation signify compound annual rates. Individual fi gures and percentages in tables do not necessarily add up to the corresponding totals because of rounding.

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