Papers presented at the conference on Small and Medium Enterprise, Labour Markets, and Income Distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean

Part I: The Impact of Economic Liberalization on Labour Markets and Income Distribution

Session 1: Case Studies of Argentina and Chile

The Labour Market under the New Economic Regime in Argentina
Luis Beccaria, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento

Income Distribution and Labour Market: Is Chile a Paradigmatic Case?
Pilar Romaguera, Universdad de Chile

Session 2: Case Studies of Mexico and Paraguay

Labour Markets and Unequal Income Distribution in Mexico: Two Decades of Economic Adjustment
Diana Alarcón, Inter-American Development Bank

Economic Policy and Income Distribution in Paraguay
Gustavo Indart, University of Toronto

Session 3: Case Studies of Uruguay and Costa Rica

A Case of Stability in Income Distribution. Uruguay 1986‑1997
Andrea Vigorito, Universidad de la República

Labour Markets and Income Distribution under Structural Adjustment in Costa Rica
Juan Diego Trejos, Universidad de Costa Rica

Session 4: Case Studies of Peru and Jamaica

Income Distribution and Labour Market Adjustment in Peru after the Structural Reforms
Jaime Saavedra, GRADE

Economic Crises and Distributional Surprises: Jamaica in the 1990s
Damien King, University of the West Indies

Part II: The Impact of Economic Liberalization on the SME

Session 5: Case Studies of Chile and Colombia

The Dynamics of the SME Sector in Chile after 20 Years of Trade Liberalization
Hernán Román, Universidad de Chile
Carola Moreno, Universidad de Chile

The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Dynamics of the SMEs in Colombia
Miguel Cabal, Universidad de Los Andes

Session 6: Case Studies of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

The Behaviour of SMEs in the 1990s in Argentina
Darío Milesi, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento

Transformations in Brazilian SMEs
Leonel Mazzali, Universidade de Campinas
Miguel Bacic, Universidade de Campinas

The Impact of Economic Liberalization on the SME Sector
Ruben Tansini, Universidad de la República

Session 7: Case Studies of Mexico and Ecuador

Learning and Adaptation to the Economic Opening by Mexican SMEs
Clemente Ruiz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

SME Performance under Adjustment, Crisis and Globalization: The Case of Ecuador
Carlos Larrea, FLACSO-Ecuador

Session 8: Other Experiences with SMEs

SME Experience in India and East Asia
Dipak Mazumdar, University of Toronto

Japanese Experience in SME and Lessons for Developing Countries
Shu Urata, Waseda University (Japan)

The Dynamics of Canadian SMEs
Raffi Amit, University of British Columbia