Some of you have written to me requesting additional information about
the contents and characteristics of the new Ecuadorian business magazine,
"Gestion".
I reproduce the Table of Contents of the second number (August 1994); the
titles of the articles are translated from Spanish (the magazine is
edited in Spanish only):
News summary (a brief overview of events) 8
Cover Story:
The building sector awakens 12
Interview (about the informal sector):
Hernando de Soto, Alejandro Portes 17
Current economic situation:
Inflation is stuck at 25% 23
Gradual economic reactivation 25
Finance:
Internal dollar-denominated debt is worrisome 26
New capital inflows are foreseen 27
Will international interest rates continue to rise? 28
Official debt-for-equity swaps 29
Interest rates for checking accounts 30
Stock market:
Selva Alegre Cement Co. under the microscope 32
How does the electronic stock market work? 34
Latin American Economy:
Colombia: Samper assumes power 35
Colombian economic dilemmas 36
Peru: elections would relax economic adjustment 37
Venezuela: Economic policy set adrift 38
National Poltics:
Doubts about the referendum (Ernesto Alban) 42
What good would a constitutional reform do? 43
International Politics:
Mexico: the transition in the ballot boxes 44
>From economic reform to political reform 45
Palestine: How to create a country? 48
Culture:
Film reviews (Ulises Estrella) 52
Bookshelf (new books, CDs, etc.) 53
Ecology:
Develop a hydroponic garden 58
Local:
Air for Guayaquil 59
Cuenca: Keeping promises 60
Jogging in the Metropolitan Park 62
Review:
Film, soccer and postmodernism (Alejandro Moreano) 64
Humor:
Essay by Francisco Tobar Garcia 66
Caricature by Bonil (on privatizations) 72
"We were told..." (financial rumors): 67
Gestion in numbers (5 pages on economic indicators
and charts) 68
All of these sections are permanent, so this is a representative sample
of each issue of the magazine.
If you are interested in subscribing to this magazine, or if you have any
additional questions, please send a message to my personal address:
Thank you,
Luis Fierro