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Publications

Books

"Rebuilding War-Torn States: The Challenge of Post-Conflict Economic Reconstruction" (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, September 2008, forthcoming).

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

“Foreign Direct Investment Profile of Uruguay“ (Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, Volume on FDI Country Profiles, forthcoming 2011) [with Daniel García]
“Reconstruction Zones as a Driver for Investment, Trade, Employment, Food Security and Improved Human Security“ (Volume on The Role of Business in Conflict Zones (CSS Zurich, Swisspeace, PRIF), forthcoming 2012).
“Rebuilding War-Torn States: Tomorrow's Challenges for Post-Conflict Reconstruction“ (Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre for Excellence, Volume on Civil-Military Interaction in Crisis-Affected Countries, forthcoming 2012).
“Aid and Employment Generation in Conflict-Affected Countries: Policy Recommendations for Liberia in Foreign Aid and Employment“ (Helsinki, Finland: UN/WIDER, forthcoming 2012).
The Economics of Peace: Military vs Civilian Reconstruction – Could Similar Rules Apply? In Expeditionary Economics: Toward a Doctrine for Enabling Stabilization and Growth (NY: West Point United States Military Academy, 2011d, forthcoming)
“Reconstruction Zones in Afghanistan and Haiti: A Way to Enhance Aid Effectiveness and Accountability (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace, Special Report #292, 2011c, October 2011).
The Economics of Peace: Five Rules for Effective Reconstruction (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace, Special Report #286, September 2011b).
“Rebuilding From War: Economic Reconstruction in Post-Conflict States,“ World Politics Review, May 31, 2011a.
“The Challenges facing the Bretton Woods Institutions in Reconstruction and Peacebuilding,” in The Economics of Peace (London, UK: Adelphi Series of Books, IISS) by Mats Berdal and Achim Wennman (September 2010).
“Peace Through Reconstruction: An Effective Strategy for Afghanistan,” Brown Journal of World Affairs, XVI/II (Spring/Summer 2010).
“Book Review: Christopher J. Coyne, 2008, After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy (Stanford: Stanford Economics and Finance, Stanford University Press), Perspectives on Politics, 8 (March 2010).
“Economic Reconstruction of War-Torn Countries: The Role of the International Financial Institutions,” Setton Hall Law Review, 38/4 (December 2008).
"Uruguay en el nuevo contexto internacional", Cuaderno de Economía, Vol. 2 (December 2007).
"Auferstehen aus ruinen: Die besonderen bedingungen des wirtschaftlichen wiederaufbaus nach konflikten", der Überblick (4/2006, Dezember).
"Mexico’s Public Sector Debt and Debt Management", in L. Randall (ed.), Changing Structure of Mexico: Political, Social, and Economic Prospects (N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe Publishers, 2006). Published in Spanish by Siglo XXI Editores.
"El Clima de Negocios en la República Oriental del Uruguay" in Eduardo Fernández-Arias and Silvia Sagari (eds), Una Nueva Era de Crecimiento Económico en Uruguay (Interamerican Development Bank, 2006).
"Assessing Sovereign Risk", in Anya Schiffrin and Amer Bisat (eds.), Covering Globalization: A Reporter’s Handbook (NY: Columbia University Press, November 2004). In several languages.
"Economic Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Transitions: Lessons for the Democratic Republic of Congo", Working Paper No. 228 (Paris: OECD Development Centre, 2003).
"Promotion of Export-Oriented Foreign Direct Investment in Uruguay", (Washington, D.C. Interamerican Development Bank, July 2003) [ENGLISH VERSION]
"Promotion of Export-Oriented Foreign Direct Investment in Uruguay", (Washington, D.C. Interamerican Development Bank, July 2003) [SPANISH VERSION]
"Afghanistan–The Way Forward", Global Governance (April 2003).
“Innovative Mechanisms for Infrastructure Financing” (Washington, D.C., IADB, 2003).
"Determinants of the Nominal Exchange Rate: A Survey of the Literature", in M.S. Khan, S.M. Nsouli and C.H Wong (eds), Macroeconomic Management: Programs and Policies (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 2002).
"External Sector: Accounting, Analysis, and Projections", in E. Croce, M. Da Costa, and H. Juan-Ramón (eds), Programming and Financial Policies: Application to the Colombian Case (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 2002, original in Spanish.
"Contagion: From Higher Risk to Risk Aversion and the Danger of Protectionism", in F. Rivera-Batiz and A. Lukauskas (eds), The Political Economy of the East Asian Crisis: Tigers in Distress (Edward Elgar Publishers, 2001) (with Mario I. Blejer).
"Post-Conflict Reconstruction and the Challenge to the International Organizations: The Case of El Salvador", World Development, Vol. 29, No. 12 (December 2001).
Book Review of Distributive Justice and Economic Development: The Case of Chile and Developing Countries by Andres Solimano, Eduardo Aninat, and Nancy Birdsall, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2 (June 2001).
"Economic Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Transitions", in M. Malan and C. Lord (eds), Prague to Pretoria: Towards a Global Consensus on the Doctrine of Peace Support Operations (Prague: Institute of International Relations, 2000).
"Arms-for-Land Deal: Lessons from El Salvador", in M. Doyle and I. Johnstone (eds), Multidimensional Peacekeeping: Lessons from Cambodia and El Salvador (Cambridge, U.K., Cambridge University Press, 1997).
"Déjà Vu All Over Again? The Mexican Crisis and the Stabilization of Uruguay in the 1970s", World Development, Vol. 26, No. 3 (March 1998) [with Mario. I. Blejer; translated into Russian as IMF Working Paper (WP/96/80), July 1996].
Privatization in Latin America: From Myth to Reality (Santiago, Chile: CEPAL, Series on Public Policy Reform, 1995).
"Post-Conf lict Peace-Building: The Challenge to the UN", CEPAL Review, 55 (October 1995) [translated into Spanish in Revista de la CEPAL, 55 (April 1995)].
"Implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreements: Staying the Course in El Salvador", Global Governance (Spring, 1995) [with Alvaro de Soto].
"Obstacles to peace-building", Foreign Policy, 94 (Spring 1994) [with Alvaro de Soto; translated into Spanish in Revista Tendencias, 32 (julio/agosto 1994)].
"Foreign Direct Investment, Capital Formation and the Balance of Payments of Developing Countries", in Lehman, C. and R. Moore (eds), Multinational Culture: Social Impacts of a Global Economy (Conn., Greenwood Press, June 1992).
"Policy Fundamentals, Interest Rates Differentials and Expected Devaluation in the Presence of an Active Crawling Peg System", Journal of International Money and Finance, 12/3 (June 1992).
"Expectations of Devaluation, the Real Rate of Interest and the Private Sector in a Dual Currency Economy", in Fischer, K. and G. Papaioannou (eds), Business Finance in Less-Developed Capital Markets (N.Y.: Quorum Books, May 1992).
"El Enfoque Fiscal de la Balanza de Pagos", Estudios de Economía (Universidad de Chile), 17/2 (Diciembre de 1990).
"The Role of Transnational Corporations in South-South Trade: Issues and evidence", in V. Ventura-Dias and A. McIntyre (eds.), South-South Trade: Trends, Issues and Obstacles to its Growth (New York: Praeger, 1989).
“The MGRC Model: A Test of the Gulliver Effect,” in Universidade de Sao Paulo, 7th Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society: Abstracts and Papers (Brazil: USP, FEA, FIPE, Vol 1, 1987).