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AGEING SOLID & SOC PROT LAT AMER

Ageing, Solidarity and Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean

Time for Progress towards Equality

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
10 Jun 2013
This publication aims to contribute to the research, analysis and design of proposals for the social protection of older persons. It develops a new conceptual approach and uses various indicators for its assessment in the areas of social security, health and social services. All human beings must...
STAT YRBK LATIN AMERICA 2012

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2012

Series:
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe
6 Jun 2013
The Yearbook comprises four chapters. The first covers demographic and social indicators, reflecting special efforts to mainstream the gender perspective in statistical information. The second chapter presents economic statistics relating to trade, balance-of-payments and prices, as well as natio...
SOCIAL PANORAMA LAT AMER 2012

Social Panorama of Latin America 2012

Series:
Social Panorama of Latin America
29 Apr 2013
This annual report examines the dynamics of paid employment in care activities in Latin American countries, as well as household expenditure on such work, and proposes normative criteria for public policymaking in this sphere. It also covers 1) poverty trends and determining factors in Latin Amer...
PRELIM OVERVIEW ECON LAT AMER 2012

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012

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Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean
4 Apr 2013
This publication shows that the global economic crisis has had a negative, albeit not dramatic, impact in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Global financial instability led to smaller inflows of short-term capital and a more volatile exchange rate in Brazil and Mexico, but eased pressur...
CHANGING NATURE ASIAN LAT AMER

The Changing Nature of Asian-Latin American Economic Relations

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
12 Mar 2013
This book aims to document the growing investment and trade relations between Latin America and Asia, as well as some of their imbalances. It also provides several examples on how to upgrade trans-Pacific economic relations. It is offered to the Asian and Latin American policymaking, academic and...
PANORAMA INSERC INTL AMER 2011/12

Panorama de la inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 2011-2012

Crisis duradera en el centro y nuevas oportunidades para las economías en desarrollo

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Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe
5 Feb 2013
En la edición 2011-2012 del Panorama de la inserción internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, titulado "Crisis duradera en el centro y oportunidades para las economías en desarrollo" se examina la difícil coyuntura económica internacional y sus perspectivas para el resto de la década. Asimism...
ECON SURV LAT AMER 2012

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012

Policies for an Adverse International Economy

Series:
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
1 Feb 2013
The Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013 analyses the policies required to improve the perspectives of sustainable regional growth. It reviews the links between economic growth and investment and employment, as well as the fiscal and monetary policies, industrial, trade and soc...
LAT AMER WORLD ECON 2011/12

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2011-2012

Continuing Crisis in the Centre and New Opportunities for Developing Economies

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Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy
1 Feb 2013
The 2011-2012 edition focuses on the theme of continuing crisis in the centre and new opportunities for developing economies. Chapter I examines the difficult international economic situation and the outlook for the rest of the decade. Chapter II takes stock of the boom in commodity prices that b...
ESTUDIO ECON AMER LATINA 2012

Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2012

Les políticas ante las adversidades de la economía internacional

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Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe
1 Feb 2013
El volumen número 64 del Estudio económico consta de cuatro capítulos. En el primero se revisa la evolución económica de América Latina y el Caribe durante el primer semestre de 2012, en el contexto de una desaceleración del crecimiento mundial y una elevada incertidumbre sobre las perspectivas d...
RPT INTL ARBITRAL AWARDS #30

Reports of International Arbitral Awards, Vol. XXX

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Reports of International Arbitral Awards / Recueil des Sentences Arbitrales
30 Jul 2013
This publication was conceived in 1948 as a collection of international awards or decisions rendered between States, including cases involving espousing or respondent Governments on behalf of individual claimants. The present volume reproduces the awards in two arbitration cases, namely, the case...
CEPAL REVIEW #106 04/2012

CEPAL Review No.106, April 2012

Series:
CEPAL Review
8 Jan 2013
Cepal Review is the leading journal for the study of economic and social development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Edited by the Economic Commission for Latin America, each issue focuses on economic trends, industrialization, income distribution, technological development and monetar...
STAT YRBK LATIN AMERICA 2011

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2011

Series:
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe
20 Feb 2013
The Yearbook comprises four chapters. The first covers demographic and social indicators, reflecting special efforts to mainstream the gender perspective in statistical information. The second chapter presents economic statistics relating to trade, balance-of-payments and prices, as well as natio...
SYSTEM ENVIRO ECON ACCT CENTRAL

System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012

Central Framework

30 Apr 2014
This publication is a statistical framework that provides a comprehensive, consistent, comparable and flexible set of environmental-economic accounts for policymaking, analysis and research purposes. Agenda 21 adopted at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, in Rio de Janeiro, ca...
STATE LAT AMER CARIBB CITIES 2012

State of Latin America and the Caribbean Cities 2012

Towards a New Urban Transition

2 Nov 2012
With 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region on the planet. Located here are some of the largest and best-known cities, like Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Lima and Santiago. The region also boasts hundred...
FRIEND OR FOE DOMINANT PARTY

Friend or Foe? Dominant Party Systems in Southern Africa

Insights from the Developing World

27 Dec 2012
Within southern Africa, there is an observable increase in dominant party systems, in which one political party dominates over a prolonged period of time, within a democratic system with regular elections. This party system has replaced the one-party system that dominated Africa’s political lands...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #106 APR 2012

Revista de la CEPAL No.106, Abril 2012

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Revista de la CEPAL
10 Sep 2012
La Revista CEPAL se fundó en 1976 y es una publicación cuatrimestral de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, de las Naciones Unidas, con sede en Santiago de Chile. El objetico de la Revista es contribuir al examen de los problemas del desarrollo socioeconómico de la región, con ...
CEPAL REVIEW #105 12/2011

CEPAL Review No.105, December 2011

Series:
CEPAL Review
10 Sep 2012
Cepal Review is the leading journal for the study of economic and social development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Edited by the Economic Commission for Latin America, each issue focuses on economic trends, industrialization, income distribution, technological development and monetar...
FOREIGN DIRECT INVEST LAT AME 2011

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2011

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Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
5 Sep 2012
As in previous years, this report provides a quantitative overview of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and examines these capital flows by destination economic sector and geographical area of origin. It describes the pattern of FDI originating in the countries of Latin America and the Cari...
MACROECON COOP UNCERT TIME

Macroeconomics Cooperation for Uncertain Times

The Redima Experience

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ECLAC Notes (en), Cuadernos de la CEPAL (es)
5 Sep 2012
This book shows how international policy cooperation can be beneficial even in the absence of strong real transmission channels between countries. “Cooperation for learning”, the approach to cooperation we present, works by allowing policymakers to exchange experiences and jointly learn how to ad...
LAT AMER CARIB DEMO OBSRV 2011 #12

Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2011, No.12

Population Ageing - Year VI

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Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory / Observatorio Demográfico América Latina y el Caribe
30 Aug 2012
In this issue, Demographic Observatory presents estimates and projections of the population of the 20 countries of Latin America, for the period 1950-2100. The figures contained in this publication are a revision of those presented in the Demographic Observatory No. 11 April 2011. This time, the...
LAT AMER CARIB DEMO OBSRVT 2011

Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2011

Long-range Population Projections - Year VI

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Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory / Observatorio Demográfico América Latina y el Caribe
28 Sep 2012
In this issue, Demographic Observatory presents estimates and projections of the population of the 20 countries of Latin America, for the period 1950-2100. The figures contained in this publication are a revision of those presented in the Demographic Observatory No. 7 April 2009.
CHINA & LAT AMER & CARIBBEAN

China and Latin America and the Caribbean

Building a Strategic Economic and Trade Relationship

Series:
ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
10 Jan 2012
The economies of China and of the Latin America and the Caribbean region are the current global growth poles and, over the coming years, will grow twice or three times as quickly as the industrialised economies, which will have to adjust to slower growth and higher unemployment. The present junct...
SOCIAL PANORAMA LAT AMER 2011

Social Panorama of Latin America 2011

Series:
Social Panorama of Latin America
28 Aug 2012
In 2010 the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) proposed a comprehensive development strategy entitled Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails. This edition of Social Panorama takes a more in-depth look at the chain that produces and reproduces social gaps; it ...
AFTER OPPRESSION TRANSNAT JUST

After Oppression

Transitional Justice in Latin America and Eastern Europe

3 Jan 2012
The decline of authoritarianism in Latin America and Eastern Europe marked the end of a dark chapter in the history of these societies. In both regions, transition to democracy was accompanied by distinct efforts to come to terms with the traumatic experiences of the past and to demand accountabi...
MACROECON RPT LAT AMER 2012

Macroeconomic Report on Latin America and the Caribbean 2012

June 2012

Series:
Macroeconomic Report on Latin America and the Caribbean
3 Aug 2012
The Macroeconomic Report on Latin America and the Caribbean is a new ECLAC publication designed to meet the need for up-to-date analysis of the region's macroeconomic performance amid shifting conditions. It compliments the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Preliminary Ov...
CARIBBEAN HUMAN DEV RPT 2012

Caribbean Human Development Report 2012

Human Development and Shift to Better Citizen Security

28 Feb 2013
Crime has become one of the main challenges threatening economies and livelihoods in Caribbean countries, but the right mix of policies and programmes can halt the problem. This report reviews the current state of crime as well as national and regional policies and programmes to address the probl...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #105 DEC 2011

Revista de la CEPAL No.105, Diciembre 2011

Series:
Revista de la CEPAL
25 May 2012
La Revista CEPAL se fundó en 1976 y es una publicación cuatrimestral de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, de las Naciones Unidas, con sede en Santiago de Chile. El objetico de la Revista es contribuir al examen de los problemas del desarrollo socioeconómico de la región, con ...
CEPAL REVIEW #104 08/2011

CEPAL Review No.104, August 2011

Series:
CEPAL Review
25 May 2012
Cepal Review is the leading journal for the study of economic and social development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Edited by the Economic Commission for Latin America, each issue focuses on economic trends, industrialization, income distribution, technological development and monetar...
ECON SURV LAT AMER 2010/11

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010-2011

International Integration and Macroeconomic Policy Challenges amid Global Economic Turmoil

Series:
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
23 Mar 2012
This publication is issued annually by the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This sixty-third edition of the Economic Survey looks at the nature of the recovery from the financial global and economic crisis whose fallout spread a...
ESTUDIO ECON AMER LATINA 2010/11

Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2010-2011

Modalidades de Inserción Externa y Desafíos de Política Macroeconómica en una Economía Mundial Turbulenta

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Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe
23 Mar 2012
Esta publicación es un documento anual de la División de Desarrollo Económico de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Esta edición 63a del Estudio Económico analiza las características de la reactivación después de la crisis financiera y económica global que golpeó a la ...