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In 1999, Latin America was once again influenced by the adverse international economic environment, which had a decisive impact on the countries' economic policies and performance. As a consequence of...

The severe slowdown in the world economy in 2001 cut short the recovery that had begun in 2000 and dashed hopes that Latin America and the Caribbean were about to embark upon a new growth cycle...

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have faced an extraordinary degree of volatility in both the financial and trade sectors in 1998. The Asian financial crisis restricted the region's...

This publication provides a brief overview on the economic performance of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2002. Information is provided on all the countries in that region and it...

This publication highlights a regional slowdown in GDP growth. It argues that the currency depreciation seen in several countries in the region could, if sustained, increase incentives for investment...

An economic growth rate of 5.3% is estimated for 2006, which means that the Latin American and Caribbean region will mark a third consecutive year of growth at over 4%. This annual publication...

This annual publication includes official country figures up to November 30th and an analysis of developments in the region's economy in 2005 and projections for 2006. It covers primary economic...

This publication contains documents relating to the MAP CAMP Malta project, the first exercise in integrated coastal area management within the Maltese Islands. Volume I contains the Final Integrated...

This document presents guidelines for the application of best available techniques, best environmental practices and cleaner production in general in the major industrial sources of BOD, nutrients and...

The aim of these guidelines is, starting from the characteristics of the Mediterranean Action Plan countries agricultural systems and the environmental problems related to the use of fertilizers in...

The main objective of this study is to formulate a regional plan for the reduction of 50 percent of BOD generated by the Mediterranean coastal industrial activities by the year 2010. This plan is...

The main goal of this regional plan is the reduction by 20 percent by 2010 of the generation of hazardous waste from industrial installations in the Mediterranean Action Plan countries. In order to...

The aim of these guidelines is to provide a methodology of regional scope to facilitate the identification and application of best available techniques, best environmental practices and cleaner...

This document concerns the proposed targets for generation and disposal of hazardous waste under the strategic action programme elaborated and adopted to facilitate the implementation by the...

These guidelines deal with waste in a maritime environment, which can arise from discharges scattered directly to the sea or far from shore and transported by rains, wind and streams up to the sea...

These proposed guidelines are intended to help countries in the Mediterranean region to establish environmental inspection systems or to review existing ones. In this respect, the guidelines are...

The purpose of this handbook is to raise the level of performance of the environmental inspectors and support the guidelines established under the LBS Protocol by providing details on assessing...

This document, which includes guidelines for the monitoring of rivers’ pollution, constitutes an element for a constructive convergence of exchanged prospects between the countries of the...

This document deals with the overall management of the wastewater sanitation system, and particularly with the problem of wastewater treatment and disposal. It has been developed as a basis for a...

This document outlines the major courses of accumulation of pesticides in the Mediterranean region and provides general comments regarding the uses of these chemical substances. It constitutes a...