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Sociodemographic Vulnerability in the Caribbean

An Examination of the Social and Demographic Impediments to Equitable Development with...

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: July 2002 )

This study identifies and discusses sociodemographic structures, processes and trends that entail risks for individuals, households and communities in the small island developing States of the...

This study identifies and discusses sociodemographic structures, processes and trends that entail risks for individuals, households and communities in the small island developing States of the...


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Proposal on Indicators for Follow-up to the Goals of the International Conference on Population and...

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: July 2002 )

This document is intended to provide a frame of reference for the design and implementation of a system of indicators for use in following up on the goals agreed upon at the International Conference...

This document is intended to provide a frame of reference for the design and implementation of a system of indicators for use in following up on the goals agreed upon at the International Conference...


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Virtual Contradiction between International Migration and Human Rights, A

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: July 2003 )

This paper reveals how new border control regulations, implemented after the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001, have had an impact on the lives of over 12 million people living around the USA...

This paper reveals how new border control regulations, implemented after the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001, have had an impact on the lives of over 12 million people living around the USA...


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Demographic Models for Projections of Social Sector Demand

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: October 2006 )

This paper presents three demographic models useful for projections of social sector demand. The first model is a probabilistic national population forecast. The second model forecasts the population...

This paper presents three demographic models useful for projections of social sector demand. The first model is a probabilistic national population forecast. The second model forecasts the population...


Report of the Rapporteur Symposium of the International Migration in the Americas

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: April 2001 )

This report summarizes the debates and conclusions of the Symposium on International Migration, which was held in Costa Rica from 4-6 September 2000. It discusses such issues as: migration trends and...

This report summarizes the debates and conclusions of the Symposium on International Migration, which was held in Costa Rica from 4-6 September 2000. It discusses such issues as: migration trends and...


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Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development

Actions Undertaken to Implement the Programme of Action of the Conference in Latin America and the...

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: September 2004 )

This document describes the main social, economic, political and demographic features of Latin America and the Caribbean in the last 10 years as a backdrop to the implementation in the region of the...

This document describes the main social, economic, political and demographic features of Latin America and the Caribbean in the last 10 years as a backdrop to the implementation in the region of the...


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Indigenous Peoples and Urban Settlements

Spatial Distribution, Internal Migration and Living Conditions

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: February 2008 )

The report discusses three main topics: special distribution trends of indigenous peoples in Latin America, with emphasis on the urbanization process and the spatial pattern of this population within...

The report discusses three main topics: special distribution trends of indigenous peoples in Latin America, with emphasis on the urbanization process and the spatial pattern of this population within...


Do Environmental Imperatives Present Novel Problems and Opportunities for the International Transfer...

Series: Science and Technology Issues
( Print: November 1995 )

This publication explores the impact of recent changes in the world economy on progress in the transfer and development of environmentally sound technologies in the post-UNCED setting and endeavours...

This publication explores the impact of recent changes in the world economy on progress in the transfer and development of environmentally sound technologies in the post-UNCED setting and endeavours...


Science and Technology in the New Global Environment

Implications for Developing Countries

Series: Science and Technology Issues
( Print: August 1996 )

A new publication in this vital and timely series. It deals concisely with the implications of technological and regulatory trends for the developing world, explicitly setting forth a number of main...

A new publication in this vital and timely series. It deals concisely with the implications of technological and regulatory trends for the developing world, explicitly setting forth a number of main...


New Technologies and Technological Capability-Building at the Enterprise Level

Some Policy Implications

Series: Science and Technology Issues
( Print: August 1996 )

An examination of the opportunities created in the context of a changing global environment. By analyzing the specific features of the process of TCB in new technologies, policy implications and...

An examination of the opportunities created in the context of a changing global environment. By analyzing the specific features of the process of TCB in new technologies, policy implications and...


Promoting the Transfer and Use of Environmentally Sound Technology

A Review of Policies

Series: Science and Technology Issues
( Print: March 1997 )

The spectrum of the debate on environmentally sound technologies is as lively as the broader debate on environment and development. Amidst the spectrum is the realism that a world where three fourths...

The spectrum of the debate on environmentally sound technologies is as lively as the broader debate on environment and development. Amidst the spectrum is the realism that a world where three fourths...


Mechanisms of Follow-up to the Programme of Action on Population and Development in the Countries of...

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: February 2002 )

This report refers to the results of a survey conducted in the framework of the activities of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) to develop systems of indicators for follow...

This report refers to the results of a survey conducted in the framework of the activities of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) to develop systems of indicators for follow...