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INFORMES COVID-19 CEPAL #13

Violencia contra niñas, niños y adolescentes en tiempos de COVID-19

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Informes COVID-19 de la CEPAL
16 May 2021
En el presente documento se abordan el agravamiento de los riesgos y la disminución de los factores de protección ante la violencia física, psicológica y sexual a la que se exponen en su hogar los adolescentes, niños y —especialmente—niñas de la región durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Asimismo, s...
INFORMES COVID-19 CEPAL #11

Los efectos del COVID 19: una oportunidad para reafirmar la centralidad de los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes en el desarrollo sostenible

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Informes COVID-19 de la CEPAL
20 May 2021
La pandemia de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) se enmarca en un escenario migratorio que ya venía mostrando rasgos de involuntariedad y de una creciente movilidad intrarregional estimada en más de 40 millones de personas, caracterizada por el aumento de la migración venezolana, un nuevo ...
ECLAC COVID-19 RPT #14

Continuity of Household Surveys after the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

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ECLAC COVID-19 Reports
15 May 2021
In the context of the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is preparing a series of short publications with key policy recommendations for this period. This note, the third on household surveys, offers some considerati...
ECLAC COVID-19 RPT #13

Violence Against Children and Adolescents in the Time of COVID-19

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ECLAC COVID-19 Reports
17 May 2021
This document examines the exacerbation of risks and the erosion of protection factors relating to physical, psychological and sexual violence in the home experienced by adolescents and children, especially girls, within the context of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the region. It also provides recomm...
MEXICO MONIT CULT AMAPOLA 18/19

México, Monitoreo de Plantíos de Amapola 2018-2019

12 Jul 2021
La UNODC y el Gobierno de México presentan su cuarto informe sobre el monitoreo de plantíos de amapola correspondiente al período de monitoreo 2018-2019. El informe contiene los resultados de las tres metas del proyecto, 1.- la estimación de superficie sembrada con amapola (ha), 2.- estimación de...
VOLUNTARY PEER REVIEW CHILE

Voluntary Peer Review on Consumer Protection Law and Policy - Chile

31 Dec 2021
General Assembly resolution 70/186 mandates the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy to conduct voluntary peer reviews on consumer protection law and policy. The purpose of voluntary peer reviews in this field is to provide an external and independent assessmen...
ESTUDIO ECON AMER LATINA 2020

Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2020

Principales condicionantes de las políticas fiscal y monetaria en la era pospandemia de COVID-19

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Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe
15 Apr 2021
En esta edición se analizan los efectos y desafíos que la pandemia de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) plantea en la región en 2020 y el panorama que se perfila para los años venideros. En la primera se resume el desempeño de la economía regional en 2019 y se analiza la evolución durante ...
ECON SURV LAT AMER CARIB 2020

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020

Main Conditioning Factors of Fiscal and Monetary Policies in the Post-COVID-19 Era

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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
15 Apr 2021
This publication outlines the region’s economic performance in 2019 and analyses trends in the early months of 2020, as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region’s economic performance, analyses the characteristics ...
TRAGEDIA AMBIENTAL AMERICA LATINA

La tragedia ambiental de América Latina y el Caribe

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
10 Apr 2021
Este libro es el resultado de una reflexión colectiva a la que invitó la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en el marco de las discusiones que apoyaron la preparación del trigésimo octavo período de sesiones de la Comisión. Con la colaboración de Nicolo Gligo, fue posible ...
CONSTRUIR UN NUEVO FUTURO

Construir un nuevo futuro

Una recuperación transformadora con igualdad y sostenibilidad

15 Apr 2021
En este documento presentado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) a los Estados miembros en su trigésimo octavo período de sesiones, se sostiene que América Latina y el Caribe puede avanzar hacia un “gran impulso para la sostenibilidad” basado en una combinación de po...
BUILDING A NEW FUTURE

Building a New Future

Transformative Recovery With Equality and Sustainability

15 Apr 2021
This publication argues that Latin America and the Caribbean are in a position to move towards a “big push for sustainability” through a combination of economic, industrial, social and environmental policies capable of driving an equal and sustainable recovery and relaunching development in the r...
GUID CONV LIF EXT NUC POW PLNT (R)

Guidance on the Applicability of the Convention to the Lifetime Extension of Nuclear Power Plants (Russian language)

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention)

25 Oct 2021
This guidance has been developed in the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention). Its objective is to clarify whether and in what circumstances lifetime extensions of nuclear po...
WORLD STATISTICS POCKETBK 2021

World Statistics Pocketbook 2021

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World Statistics Pocketbook (Ser. V)
22 Oct 2021
The World Statistics Pocketbook is an annual compilation of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Topics covered include: agriculture, balance of payments, education, energy, environment, food, gender, healt...
ANÁLISIS POLI SERV PARAGUAY VOL II

Análisis de la politica de servicios: Paraguay (II)

24 Dec 2021
El Análisis de la política de servicios de Paraguay fue realizado por la UNCTAD a solicitud del gobierno de Paraguay para apoyar el rol de los servicios en la diversificación y mejora de su economía y comercio. Evalúa los cuellos de botella y las oportunidades para lograr beneficios del desarroll...
SERVICES POLICY PARAGUAY VOL 2

Services Policy Review: Paraguay (II)

14 Jun 2021
Undertaken by UNCTAD at the request of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC) of Paraguay, this review supports the role of services in diversifying and improving economy and trade in the country. It evaluates bottlenecks and opportunities to pursue development gains from services, first presen...
TRADE POLICY FRAMEWORK GUYANA

Trade Policy Framework Guyana

A National Trade Strategy

11 Apr 2021
Guyana faces a daunting challenge of devising a new trade strategy that would best respond to the recent discovery of substantial oil reserves in its territory, which could represent a paradigm shift for the country’s economic structure. With a view to assisting the country to pursue its long-ter...
DEV INT

The Development of International Passenger Rail Transport

16 Jul 2021
International rail passenger transport is of fundamental importance to the movement of people across borders in the ECE region, a central role that was highlighted in Inland Transport Committee Resolution No. 264. The status of the development of international rail passenger transport is thus con...
INTR AGNCY TRD PROD CAP 2030 AGNDA

United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity

A New Path for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in a Time of Pandemic and Beyond

12 May 2021
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an imperative for change. Universal in scope, it calls for collective action on an unprecedented scale to support countries’ own paths for development. Consequently, through the repositioning of its development system, the United Nations is shifting ...
SOCIO ECON IMPLS COVID PANDEMIC V2

The Socio-Economic Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ideas for Policy Action: Volume 2 - Country Notes

30 Nov 2021
To promote a collective reflection that offers guidance for the response to the COVID-19 health crisis and its economic and social effects on our societies. The UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean launched the series of documents compiled in this book. The second volume is a ...
SOCIO ECON IMPLS COVID PANDEMIC V1

The Socio-Economic Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ideas for Policy Action: Volume 1 - Cross-sectional Visions

29 Nov 2021
To promote a collective reflection that offers guidance for the response to the COVID-19 health crisis and its economic and social effects on our societies. The UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean launched the series of documents compiled in this book. The first volume reflec...
2020 STAT TRANSP INT EUR AMER NORD

2020 Statistiques des transports pour l'Europe et l'Amérique du Nord

31 Aug 2021
Les statistiques sont fondamentales pour l'élaboration de toutes formes de politiques de transport dans les diverses régions couvertes par la Commission et dans le monde. Pour aider à l'élaboration de politiques, le présent volume fournit des statistiques sur les transports intérieurs (route, rai...
2020 INLAND TRANSP STAT EUR NA

2020 Inland Transport Statistics for Europe and North America

12 Jul 2021
Statistics are fundamental for all transport policy development across the UNECE region and the world. To assist in this policy development, Volume LX of this annual publication provides statistics on inland transport (road, rail and inland waterways), with data covering the 56 member States of U...