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América Latina y el Caribe

Crecimiento Económico Sostenido, Población y Desarrollo

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: December 1999 )

La expansión de la producción, que constituye el soporte material del desarrollo, se asienta tanto en la creciente acumulación de capital físico como en el continuo aumento del contingente de recursos...

La expansión de la producción, que constituye el soporte material del desarrollo, se asienta tanto en la creciente acumulación de capital físico como en el continuo aumento del contingente de recursos...


Migración y Desarrollo en América del Norte y Centroamérica

Una Visión Sintética

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: December 1999 )

Este libro es una exploración de las relaciones entre desarrollo y migración internacional en la región conformada por los países de América del Norte y Centroamérica, que persigue promover una...

Este libro es una exploración de las relaciones entre desarrollo y migración internacional en la región conformada por los países de América del Norte y Centroamérica, que persigue promover una...


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Características Sociodemográficas y Socioeconómicas de las Personas de Edad en América Latina

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: February 2002 )

Un fenómeno demográfico destacable de fines del siglo XX, y que probablemente se extenderá al siguiente, es el envejecimiento de la población, que es resultado de un descenso sostenido en los niveles...

Un fenómeno demográfico destacable de fines del siglo XX, y que probablemente se extenderá al siguiente, es el envejecimiento de la población, que es resultado de un descenso sostenido en los niveles...


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Envejecimiento y Vejez en América Latina y el Caribe

Políticas Públicas y las Acciones de la Sociedad

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: February 2002 )

la primera tarea de este documento es una lectura sintética sobre la vejez en la región; luego se aborda una concepción teórica centrada en la noción de vulnerabilidad social y, finalmente, se...

la primera tarea de este documento es una lectura sintética sobre la vejez en la región; luego se aborda una concepción teórica centrada en la noción de vulnerabilidad social y, finalmente, se...


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Población y Desarrollo - Un diagnóstico Sociodemográfico

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: February 2002 )

A partir del reconocimiento de los cambios ocurridos en la dinámica sociodemográfica del país en la segunda mitad del siglo XX, el presente documento -de carácter diagnóstico- intenta ofrecer algunos...

A partir del reconocimiento de los cambios ocurridos en la dinámica sociodemográfica del país en la segunda mitad del siglo XX, el presente documento -de carácter diagnóstico- intenta ofrecer algunos...


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Acercamiento Conceptual a la Situación del Adulto Mayor en América Latina

Series: Población y Desarrollo
( Print: March 2002 )

Tres enfoques -de la desigualdad, de la dependencia y de la vulnerabilidad- se usan para analizar la vejez en tanto su condición de fenómeno social complejo; todos ellos reconocen el sustrato...

Tres enfoques -de la desigualdad, de la dependencia y de la vulnerabilidad- se usan para analizar la vejez en tanto su condición de fenómeno social complejo; todos ellos reconocen el sustrato...


Restructuring of Peripheral Villages in Northwestern Russia, The

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Restructuring of Peripheral Villages in Northwestern Russia explores the socio-economic restructuring in two rural areas to discover the development processes, social changes and everyday...

The Restructuring of Peripheral Villages in Northwestern Russia explores the socio-economic restructuring in two rural areas to discover the development processes, social changes and everyday...


Urban Challenge, The

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Urban Challenge reviews the impact of current trends in the field of globalization, liberalization and structural adjustment on the development of human settlements and cities. The publication is...

The Urban Challenge reviews the impact of current trends in the field of globalization, liberalization and structural adjustment on the development of human settlements and cities. The publication is...


Development, Aid and Conflict

Reflections from the Case of Rwanda

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Development, Aid and Conflict: Reflections from the Case of Rwanda discusses the relationship between the processes that brought about genocide in Rwanda and the 'development enterprise.' The analysis...

Development, Aid and Conflict: Reflections from the Case of Rwanda discusses the relationship between the processes that brought about genocide in Rwanda and the 'development enterprise.' The analysis...


Age of Humanitarian Emergencies, The

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Age of Humanitarian Emergencies is a pathbreaking effort as it seeks to define complex humanitarian emergencies, indicate what they are, where they have occurred in recent years and how to...

The Age of Humanitarian Emergencies is a pathbreaking effort as it seeks to define complex humanitarian emergencies, indicate what they are, where they have occurred in recent years and how to...


Welfare Changes in China during the Economic Reforms

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Welfare Changes in China during the Economic Reforms examines the welfare changes in China during the reform period which began in 1978, a process of large-scale socio-economic transformation...

Welfare Changes in China during the Economic Reforms examines the welfare changes in China during the reform period which began in 1978, a process of large-scale socio-economic transformation...


Banking System and Monetary Aggregates Following Financial Sector Reforms, The

Lessons from Indonesia

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

This study analyses the impact of financial sector reform which occurred in Indonesia in the late 1980s and provoked a surge in capital inflows. It is part of the Research for Action series which...

This study analyses the impact of financial sector reform which occurred in Indonesia in the late 1980s and provoked a surge in capital inflows. It is part of the Research for Action series which...


Dealing with Capital Inflows

Are There Any Lessons?

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Dealing with Capital Inflows: Are There Any Lessons? reviews the experience of a heterogeneous group of developing countries in maintaining macroeconomic stability in the face of heavy capital inflows...

Dealing with Capital Inflows: Are There Any Lessons? reviews the experience of a heterogeneous group of developing countries in maintaining macroeconomic stability in the face of heavy capital inflows...


Russian Puzzle, A

What Makes the Russian Economic Transformation a Special Case

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

A Russian Puzzle: What Makes the Russian Economic Transformation a Special Case analyses both the objective and policy factors that contributed to the larger than expected decline in the Russian...

A Russian Puzzle: What Makes the Russian Economic Transformation a Special Case analyses both the objective and policy factors that contributed to the larger than expected decline in the Russian...


Tree Plantations in the Philippines and Thailand

Economic, Social and Environmental Evaluation

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Tree Plantations in the Philippines and Thailand includes a general background, a discussion and outline on economic, social and environmental impacts of tree planting. The publication is part of the...

Tree Plantations in the Philippines and Thailand includes a general background, a discussion and outline on economic, social and environmental impacts of tree planting. The publication is part of the...


Why Humanitarian Emergencies Occur

Insights from the Interface of State, Democracy and Civil Society

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Why Humanitarian Emergencies Occur explores reasons why emergencies have been so substantial in the 1990s. It uses economic analysis, as well as political analysis, to explain the causes of...

Why Humanitarian Emergencies Occur explores reasons why emergencies have been so substantial in the 1990s. It uses economic analysis, as well as political analysis, to explain the causes of...


Zaire after Mobutu

A Case of a Humanitarian Emergency

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Zaire after Mobutu: A Case of a Humanitarian Emergency evaluates the sources of vulnerability in Zaire on three levels of analysis. Both state and individual levels of analysis help to point out the...

Zaire after Mobutu: A Case of a Humanitarian Emergency evaluates the sources of vulnerability in Zaire on three levels of analysis. Both state and individual levels of analysis help to point out the...


Polish Alternative, The

Old Myths, Hard Facts and New Strategies in the Successful Transformation of the Polish Economy

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Polish Alternative focuses on a discussion on Poland's transition to a market economy and it's policies to sustain economic development. It addresses the fundamental and still intriguing question...

The Polish Alternative focuses on a discussion on Poland's transition to a market economy and it's policies to sustain economic development. It addresses the fundamental and still intriguing question...


Food Marketing Reconsidered

An Assessment of the Liberalization of Food Marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Food Marketing Reconsidered analyses the impact of liberalization of three markets: food, exchange rate and other financial markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The publication is part of the Research for...

Food Marketing Reconsidered analyses the impact of liberalization of three markets: food, exchange rate and other financial markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The publication is part of the Research for...


Liberalization of Foreign Exchange Markets and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, The

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Liberalization of Foreign Exchange Markets and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa offers an historical rationale for intervention in foreign exchange markets to promote long-term development...

The Liberalization of Foreign Exchange Markets and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa offers an historical rationale for intervention in foreign exchange markets to promote long-term development...