ILPES in its 25th year

The vigorous conceptual, methodological and technical retooling of public policy planning and co-ordination being carried forward by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) has involved a greater concentration on market economies, which are in the majority in the region. I shall confine myself here to discussing some of the considerations which the Institute has brought to the attention of the governments in various forums during the past three years, rather than dwelling on some of the more traditional criticisms of planning.