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The World Statistics Pocketbook 2018 edition is the forty-second in a series of annual compilations of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department...

The World Statistics Pocketbook 2018 edition is the forty-second in a series of annual compilations of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department...

This handy pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 216 countries and areas worldwide. It covers key indicators in the...

This paper explores the important link between nutrition, gender and poverty in the Caribbean Sun region. The paper illustrates the central role that women play in the nutrition of their children and...

This paper examines the events that led the global economy to the current crisis. It starts by looking at the current debate about the causes of this crisis, listing the elements most explanations...

The aim of this document is to present an analysis of debt by using a consistent stock-flow model and to apply it to the Caribbean case. The document is divided into four sections presenting the facts...

The publication contains a study of population ageing in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago While the Caribbean is still characterized by a...

The current episode (2007-09) may well be the first time since Latin America gained its independence in the early 1800s that a major economic contraction and financial calamity in the industrialized...

The paper presents an overview of definitions and concepts applied by the United Nations and further describes different concepts and methodologies that are available to quantify and measure...

Health care migration is a large and global business. Recruitment is decentralized, involves both public and private sector entrepreneurs, and is difficult to regulate. The countries of the Western...

The impact of crime and violence on the social, economic and political development of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean is well documented. The paper begins with definitions and...

This handy statistical pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 216 countries and areas worldwide. It covers 50 key...

The 31st edition of this annual publication compiles over 50 indicators collected from more than 20 international statistical sources and presented in one-page profiles for 216 countries or areas of...

This handy pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 212 countries and areas worldwide. It covers 57 key indicators in the...

The May 2006 floods in Suriname were a devastating blow for the affected population’s capacity to make a living. This assessment of the socio-economic impact of the floods makes use of the Sustainable...

The survey provides specific information from the sample of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Caribbean firms for creating a detailed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) database. It captures...

This handy pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 215 countries and areas worldwide. It covers 55 key indicators in the...

This handy statistical pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 208 countries and areas worldwide. It covers 57 key...

The World Statistics Pocketbook 2013 is the annual compilations of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Over...