Part I: Industrialization. Industrial development in Argentina / Bernardo Kosacoff -- A bird's eye view of Brazilian industrialization / Andrâe Villela -- Comments on part I / Joseph L. Love -- Part II: Agriculture. The agricultural sector in Argentina / Câesar Gappa and Andrâes Gallo -- The evolution of Brazilian agriculture from 1987 to 2009 / Carlos Josâe Caetano Bacha -- Comments on part II / Andrew W. Horowitz -- Part III: The service sector : formal and informal. General facts about the service sector in Argentina / Ricardo Bebczuk -- Size and importance of tertiary activities in Brazil / Carlos R. Azzoni and Joaquim J.M. Guilhoto -- Comments on part III / Edmund Amann -- Part IV: Income distribution. Anatomy of distributive changes in Argentina / Walter Sosa-Escudero and Sergio Petralia -- The evolution of income distribution in Brazil / Rodolfo Hoffmann -- Comments on part IV / Adolfo Figueroa -- Part V: The state and the privatization experience. Argentina's gas and electricity reform / Esteban Manuel Greco, Diego Petrecolla and Carlos Adriâan Romero -- Two decades of privatization in Brazil / Armando Castelar Pinheiro -- Comments on part V / Werner Baer -- Part VI: Regional development. Regional development, regional disparities and public policies in Argentina : a long-run view / Alberto Porto and Atilio Elizagaray -- The regional question in Brazil : nature, causes and policies / Alexandre Rands Barros -- Comments on part VI / Geoffrey J.D. Hewings -- Part VII: Inflation and stabilization policies. Inflation and macroeconomic policies in post-convertibility Argentina / Daniel Heymann, Adriâan Ramos and Horacio Aguirre -- Inflation and stabilization in Brazil / Manuel A.R. da Fonseca -- Comments on part VII / Daniel G. Arce M. -- Part VIII: Foreign trade and investment : past and present. Trade and foreign investment in Argentina : from the agro-export model to the present / Andrâes Lâopez -- Foreign trade and foreign investments : the Brazilian experience in the last two decades / Simäao Davi Silber -- Comments on part VIII / Donald N. Coes.