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Outcome of Natural Resources and Infrastructure week, held on ECLAC from November 7th and 11th of 2016…
Consult information about this topic in our collections.…
Census experts from CELADE met with the India Census Commission in New Delhi to assess the incorporation of Redatam as disseminating tool for their censuses and statistics. They also provided training on Redatam at the National Statistics Office of Bhutan.…
Selection of documents regarding the rights of persons with disabilities, available at ECLAC’S Digital Repository.…
The balance struck in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on intellectual property (patent and data exclusivity) protection for pharmaceutical products…
As part of a joint project, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Spanish Climate Change Office of (part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment of Spain), and the Environmental Hydraulics Institute of the University of Cantabria have developed a specific methodology for assessing impacts of climate change on coastal areas, which is available to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. This methodology allows the analysis of changes in the coastal dynamics, the influence of climate variability, and information on coastal vulnerabilit…
Maritime and Logistics Bulletin 63…
Current issue addressed in a Joint ECLAC / UNEP, 1978.…
The document Equality and women’s autonomy in the sustainable development agenda, was recently prepared by ECLAC.…
The event will be hosted by ECLAC in Santiago, Chile on October 27th, 2016.…
The Survey asserts that the rights of access to information, participation and justice are key to tackle inequalities and build climate change resilience strategies. These rights not only ensure that the environmental problems affecting disadvantaged groups and vulnerable communities are adequately addressed but also that policy decisions take into consideration the needs of those groups.…
Briefing note by ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless…
Adopted by governments to achieve the women’s rights and autonomy…
Hernán Santa Cruz Library has been actively participating in LEARN, Activating Leaders Research Networks, project funded by the European Commission. The purpose of LEARN is to create awareness about Research Data Management (RDM) among different communities related to research. Here you are some key definitions to help understand this topic . What is Data Management Research? RDM is related to the handling of data, from its entry into the life cycle of an investigation to dissemination and archiving of valuable results. One of the main objectives is to ensure the verification of the resu…
The study Financial Inclusion of SMEs in Ecuador (Inclusión Financiera de las Pymes en Ecuador) appears in the Observatory of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (Observatorio de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa), an initiative carried out at the Faculty of Management within the Simon Bolivar Andean University in Ecuador. The Observatory’s principal objective is to generate and analyze information related to the past, present, and future prospects and evolution of the productive sector, with an emphasis on small and medium sized enterprises.…
In his last report submitted to the United Nations General Assembly, dated 3 August 2016 (A/71/281), the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders refers to the dangers faced by the defenders to a safe and healthy environment. In view of the situation in the region, the Special Rapporteur urges negotiating parties in Latin America and the Caribbean to expedite the conclusion of the regional agreement on Principle 10.…
In the framework of the celebrations of the first International Day for Universal Access to Information in Latin America, held in Asunción (Paraguay) on 28 September 2016 under the motto "Access to public information: More citizenship, more democracy, more development", ECLAC took part in the Panel "The right to information in the 21st century. Developments in public policies on access to information in Latin America and the world".…
A glance from the past…
We are pleased to inform that the document "Trends in adolescent motherhood and fertility and related Inequalities in the Caribbean 1990-2010" is now available. This document was prepared by the Caribbean demographer Valerie Nam.…
2016 Theme: " Indigenous Peoples' Right to Education"…
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