Tables and Figures Preface Introduction Introduction and Overview by Antonio Jorge, Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, and Bernadette West Price Structures, Market Signals, and Reform A Comparison of Government Costs in Latin America by Jorge Salazar-Carrillo The Role of Rational Prices in the Adoption of Market Structures by Developing Command Economies by Antonio Jorge and Jorge Salazar-Carrillo Price Comparison Studies in Central America by Enrique Delgado External Sector Prices and Economic Growth Protection, Price Structure, and Export Growth by Felipe Pazos Implications of a Fixed Exchange Rate for Stability and Growth in Small, Open Economies: The Case of the Bahamas by Carlene Y. Francis Import Demand and Foreign Debt: A Latent-Variable Systemwide Approach by James L. Seale Jr. and Charles B. Moss Primary Commodity Prices and Productivity Oil Prices, Economic Growth, and Economic Productivity by Antonio Casas González A Reassessment of Agricultural Price Policy in Developing Countries by Dodla Sai Prasada Rao, Kailash Chandra Sharma, and William Sheperd Methods and Comparisons The European Comparison Program by Ilona KoVÁcs The GDPs and Populations of the G-7 Countries, 1950-1990 by Charles B. Moss, Henri Theil, and Sri Devi Deepak Price Structures, Productivity, and Growth Within a Composite Commodities Framework by Markos Mamalakis The Florida Model for Demand Analysis with Cross-Country Data by Henri Thiel A Critique of the ICP and Related Work by Jorge Salazar-Carrillo and Antonio Jorge Index.