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- External Evaluation of the Independent Evaluation Office: Report of the Panel Convened by the IMF Executive Board, Chair, January 2013 (discussed by the IMF Board on March 2013).
- Nuestra Democracia, co-directed with Dante Caputo, Mexico, United Nations Development Programme, Organization of American States and Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2010.
- La democracia de ciudadanía: Una agenda para la construcción de ciudadanía en América Latina, New York and Washington D.C., United Nations Development Program and Organization of American States, 2009.
- World Economic and Social Survey 2007: Development in an Aging World, New York: United Nations, 2007.
- Building Inclusive Financial Sectors for Development, New York: United Nations, 2006.
- World Economic and Social Survey 2006: New York: United Nations, 2006.
- World Economic and Social Survey 2005: Financing for Development, New York: United Nations, 2005.
- The Inequality Predicament, New York: United Nations, 2005.
- Report of the Meeting of the High Level Reflection Group Convened by the Rio Group, Brasilia: Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão e Instituto de Pesquisa de Relações Internacionais, 2005.
In Spanish: Informe de la reunión del Grupo de Expertos convocado por el Grupo de Rio, in Hileoisa Vilhena de Araujo (org.), O Grupo do Rio e a Globalização: Grupo de Reflexão de Alto Nível, in same publication.
In Portuguese: Relatório da Reunião do Grupo de Peritos de Alto Nível Convocado pelo Grupo de Rio, in same publication.
- World Economic and Social Survey 2004: International Migration, New York: United Nations, 2004.
- A Decade of Social Development in Latin America, 1990-1999, Libros de la CEPAL No. 77, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, 2004.
In Spanish: Una década de desarrollo social en América Latina, 1990-1999, Libros de la CEPAL No. 77, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, 2004.
In French: Une décennie de développement social en Amérique latine, 1990-1999, Libros de la CEPAL No. 77, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, 2004.
- Globalización y desarrollo, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, 2002.
In English: Globalization and Development, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, 2002.
In Portuguese: Globalizaçao e desenvolvimento, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, 2002.
- Una década de luces y sombras: América Latina y el Caribe en los años noventa, Bogotá: Colombia, ECLAC and Alfaomega, 2001.
In French: Une décennie d´ombres et de lumières: L’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes dans les années 90, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC and Institut des hautes études de L’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes, Libros de la CEPAL No. 76, 2003.
- Crecer con Estabilidad: el financiamiento del desarrollo en el nuevo contexto internacional, Bogotá: ECLAC and Alfaomega, 2001.
In English: Growth with Stability: Financing for Development in the New International Context, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, Libros de la CEPAL No. 67, 2002.
In Portuguese: Crecer com Estabilidade: O financiamiento do desenvolvimento no novo contexto internacional, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Campus and ECLAC, 2002.
- Equidad, Desarrollo y Ciudadanía, Bogotá: ECLAC and Alfaomega, 2000.
In Portuguese: Eqüidade, desenvolvimento e cidadania, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Campus and ECLAC, 2002.
In English: Equity, Development and Citizenship, Abridged edition, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, Libros de la CEPAL No. 62, 2001.
- La brecha de la equidad: una segunda evaluación, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, 2000.
In English: The Equity Gap: A Second Evaluation, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, 2000.
- Towards a New International Financial Architecture, Report of the Task Force of the Executive Committee of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, January 21, 1999.
In Spanish: Hacia una Nueva Arquitectura Financiera Internacional, Informe del Grupo de Trabajo del Comité Ejecutivo de Asuntos Económicos and Sociales de las Naciones Unidas, January 21, 1999.
Published also in Cooperación Sur, UNDP, June 1999. Electronic version is available in the UN website: http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/articles/pdf/intlfinar.htm
- El pacto fiscal: fortalezas, debilidades, desafíos, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, Libros de la CEPAL, No. 47,1998.
In English: The Fiscal Covenant: Strengths, Weakness, Challenges, Santiago, Chile: ECLAC, 1998.
- The International Financial Crisis: An ECLAC Perspective, Santiago de Chile: ECLAC, October 1998.
In Spanish: La crisis financiera internacional: una visión desde la CEPAL, Santiago, Chile, ECLAC, October, 1998.
- Memoirs to Congress, 1997-1998, with Antonio J. Urdinola, Bogotá: Ministry of Finance, 1998.
- Memoirs to Congress, 1997, Bogotá: Ministry of Finance, 1997.
- Memoirs to Congress, 1996, Bogotá: Ministry of Finance, 1996.
- Las Políticas de El Salto Social, Bogotá: National Planning Department, 1995.
- El Salto Social, Plan Nacional de Desarrollo, 1994-1998, Bogotá: National Planning Department, 1995.
- Memoirs to Congress, March 1993 – August 1994, Bogotá: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 1994.
- Memoirs to Congress, 1992-1993, Bogotá: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 1993.
- Nicaragua: The Transition from Economic Chaos toward Sustainable Growth, Stockholm: Swedish International Development Authority, 1989.
- El problema laboral colombiano: diagnóstico, perspectivas y políticas, coordinated with Manuel Ramírez. Published as Document No. 10 of Economía Colombiana, Bogotá, Contraloría General de la República, August-September 1986.