"Beyond Reforms constitutes an important and timely step towards a new post-Washington Consensus paradigm for economic and social policy in Latin America. It brings to bear the thinking of an impressive group of authors on the current policy context of the region, in the form of insightful treatments of macrodynamics, external debt, fiscal policy, technological gaps, de-industrialization, and poverty, together with attention to the interaction among these variables and policy dimensions. It is thought-provoking, sometimes surprising, and always educational." --Albert Berry, Research Director, Programme on Latin America and the Caribbean, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto