Hemisphere Initiatives, c/o Jack Spence, 37 Graham Avenue, Brookline,
MA 02445
Hemisphere Initiatives has published the following reports. The most
recent are linked to PDF versions on this website. In addition, four
reports published between 1995 and 1998 are linked to HTML versions. To
obtain hard copies of reports not available on this site, please contact
Hemisphere Initiatives c/o Jack Spence, jack.spence@umb.edu or jackspence@terra.com.br
Establishing the Ground Rules: A Report on the Nicaraguan
Electoral Process, Jack Spence, George Vickers, Ralph Fine and David
Krusé, August, 1989.
Nicaragua's Elections: A Step Towards Democracy?, Ralph Fine,
Jack Spence, George Vickers and David Krusé, January
1990.
Endgame: A Progress Report on Implementation of
the Salvadoran Peace Accords, George Vickers and Jack Spence with
David Holiday, Margaret Popkin and Philip Williams, December 3, 1992,
16,500 words.
Justice Impugned: The Salvadoran Peace
Accords and the Problem of Impunity, Margaret Popkin with Vickers
and Spence, June 1993, 11,000 words.
The Voter Registration Tangle, Madalene O'Donnell with Vickers
and Spence, July 1993, 11,000 words.
Risking Failure: The Problems and Promise of the
New Civilian Police in El Salvador, Bill Stanley with Vickers and
Spence, September 1993, 15,000 words.
Voter Registration and the Tasks Ahead, Madalene O'Donnell
with Vickers and Spence, November 1993, 11,000 words.
Toward a Level Playing Field?: A Report on
the Post-War Salvadoran Electoral Process, Jack Spence and George
Vickers, January 1994, 15,000 words.
Election Update: Campaign
Finance and Media Costs, Jack Spence and Ken Ward,
March 1994.
A Negotiated Revolution? A Two Year Progress
Report on the Salvadoran Peace Accords, Jack Spence and George
Vickers with Margaret Popkin, Philip Williams and Kevin Murray, March
1994, 24,000 words.
Rescuing Reconstruction: The Debate on
Post-War Economic Recovery in El Salvador, Kevin Murray, with Ellen
Coletti, and Jack Spence, and Cynthia Curtis, Garth David Cheff,
René Ramos, José Chacón, Mary Thompson, May 1994,
35,000 words.
Este documento en Español: Rescatando la
Reconstrucción: El Debate sobre la Recuperación
Económica de la Posguerra en El Salvador
El Salvador's Elections of the Century: Results, Recommendations,
Analysis, Jack Spence, David Dye, and George Vickers with Garth David
Cheff, Carol Lynne D'Arcangelis and Ken Ward, July 1994, 25,000
words.
Justice Delayed: The Slow Pace of
Judicial Reform in El Salvador, Margaret Popkin with Jack Spence and
George Vickers, December 1994, 12,000 words.
The Salvadoran Peace Accords and
Democratization: A Three Year Progress Report and Recommendations,
Jack Spence, George Vickers and David Dye, March 1995, 25,000
words.
Contesting Everything, Winning Nothing:
The Search for Consensus in Nicaragua, 1990-1995, David R. Dye.
Judy Butler, Deena Abu-Lughod, Jack Spence, with George Vickers, November
1995, 24,000 words.
Democracy and Its Discontents,
Judy Butler, David R. Dye, and Jack Spence with George Vickers, October
1996, 24,000 words.
Chapultepec Five Years Later: El
Salvador's Political Reality and Uncertain Future, Jack Spence,
David R. Dye, Mike Lanchin, and Geoff Thale, with George Vickers, January
1997, 28,000 words.
Democracy Weakened: A Report on the October 20, 1996 Nicaraguan
Elections, Jack Spence, November 1997, 15,000 words. A co-production
of Hemisphere Initiatives and the Washington Office on Latin
America.
Promise and Reality: Implementation of the
Guatemalan Peace Accords, Jack Spence, David R. Dye, Paula
Worby, Carmen Rosa de Leon-Escribano, George Vickers, and Mike Lanchin,
August 1998, 37,000 words.
Patchwork Democracy: Nicaraguan Politics
Ten Years After the Fall, David R. Dye with Jack Spence and
George Vickers, December 2000, 28,000 words.
From Elections to Earthquakes: Reform
and Participation in Post-War El Salvador, Jack Spence, Mike
Lanchin and Geoff Thale. April 2001, 20,000 words.
Deciphering Honduras: Four Views of
Post-Mitch Political Reality Manuel Torres Calderón,
Thelma Mejia, Dan Alder and Paul Jeffrey. September 2002, 33,000
words.
Who Governs?: Guatemala Five Years After
the Peace Accords, Rachel Sieder, Megan Thomas, George Vickers
and Jack Spence, January 2002, 32,000 words.
Quién Gobierna? Guatemala Cinco
Años Después de los Acuerdos de Paz, Rachel
Sieder, Megan Thomas, George Vickers and Jack Spence, Enero 2002,
32,000 palabras.
War and Peace in Central America: Comparing
Transitions Toward Democracy and Social Equality in Guatemala, El
Salvador, and Nicaragua, Jack Spence, November 2004, 50,000
words.
Click here for a November
2004 analysis of Nicaraugua by David Dye.
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