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The main focus of the 1998 Least Developed Countries Report, is an analysis of how different aspects of the multilateral trading system affect opportunities and constraints, for least developed...

Governments and societies alike have sought new ways of adapting to shifting circumstances and tackling the many challenges that have arisen. One of the many expressions of that adaptation process has...

The evolution of the family in the Latin American and Caribbean countries reflects a number of world wide trends such as smaller family size, growing family instability, the variety of child rearing...

Reviews recent socio-economic developments in the least developed countries (LDCs) and the progress in the implementation of support measures. Chapters deal with such issues as: possibilities of...

This publication outlines the evolution of population dynamics at the regional and country levels. It discusses adolescent fertility, infant mortality and the challenges of persistence of maternal...

Reviews recent socio-economic development in the least developed countries (LDCs) and the progress in the implementation of support measures. Chapters deal with such issues as possibilities of further...

The documents included in this collection constitute primary sources about the most decisive external economic relationship of twentieth-century Central America. As they reveal, the presence of the...

This publication calls for the transformation of the production patterns of Latin America and the Caribbean within the next decade, through education, training and the incorporation of scientific and...

Under the assumption that regional planning was the most favourable way to incorporate the environmental dimension into development planning, five case studies were set up covering ecosystems...

The study focuses on the main lessons left by the economic crisis of the 1980s and presents a proposal for consideration by Member States' governments, for the development of the Latin American and...