Valuing damage and losses in cultural assets after a disaster: concept paper and research options

This paper is a first conceptual discussion and proposal to formalize the inclusion of the valuation of cultural assets after a disaster. Over the last recent years ECLAC has, in several instances, attempted at valuating cultural assets damage and losses as incurred in the wake of disasters. The paper discusses first the existing debate on the valuation of cultural goods and services, describes the characteristics of cultural assets and their market and non-market values. It proceeds then to describe some valuation methods that have been applied to cultural assets in other conte…

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2005 = Statistical Yearbook of Latin America and the Caribbean 2005

En la presente edición del Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2005 se incluye una serie de cambios importantes, tanto en lo que respecta al contenido como al diseño. El propósito ha sido responder a las nuevas exigencias de los investigadores que analizan la situación económica y social de la región e incorporar los avances tecnológicos que modifi can la difusión y el uso de la información estadística. El Anuario cuenta ahora con cuatro capítulos. En el primer capítulo se cubren los indicadores demográfi cos y sociales, que refl ejan el esfuerzo especial que se hizo para inclui…

The Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

Demographic models for projections of social sector demand

Abstract This paper presents three demographic models useful for projections of social sector demand. The first model is a probabilistic national population forecast based on the collective experience of UN member states. It offers a set of probabilistic forecasts as a complement to the official UN scenario forecasts. The second model forecasts the population by age and educational level using data from a single census. Forecasts are presented for Chile which show dramatic changes in the educational composition of the elderly population and in the working-age population in the near future. The…

Water governance for development and sustainability

Abstract This document aims to identify characteristics of water institutions which promote the sustainable integration of water, both as a resource and as service, into socioeconomic development. As this does not depend only on formal institutional factors, such as legislation and organizational structure, there are also references to dynamic conditions, such as socioeconomic circumstances and the quality of the administration, summarized in the concept of governance, understood as the capability of a social system to mobilize energies, in a coherent manner, for the sustainable development of…

International Rivers and Lakes Nº 45

CONTENTS I.East Africa: Region to benefit as the Nile Treaty is reviewed.II. Bathing water: European Commission starts legal action against eleven Member States.III.Mekong River Commission countries agree on procedures for Mekong flows.IV. Taos Pueblo water pact signed.V. Espoo Convention ruling on Bystroe Canal.VI. United States-Canada: Committee drafts allocation proposals for river water.VII. Israel and Turkey: Landmark water agreement put into deep freeze.VIII.Malaysia: Water to fall under World Trade Organization (WTO) regime? IX. Uruguay's President defends controversial pulp mills…

Report of the workshop on indicators for follow up of the Agro 2015 plan for the improvement of agricultural and rural life in the Summit of the Americas

Inclusion of the European Nordic model in the debate concerning social protection reform: the long-term development of Nordic welfare systems (1890-2005) and their transferability to Latin America in the twenty-first century

Abstract What is the relevance of the Nordic model of social and labor market policy in Latin America today? This issue is explored by an examination of how the Nordic systems of social protection developed institutionally, and what role has been played by the labor market context. The report also discuss what best practices of a Nordic model may be imported into a Latin American context. Further, how does globalization affect possibilities thereto? This report provides the following kinds of evidence on these questions. Firstly, the Nordic model has developed gradua…

Agriculturization as a syndrome: a comparative study of agriculture in Argentina and Australia

The following is an extension of research in the Division of Sustainable Development and Human Settlements on sustainable development and policy in Latin America and the Caribbean. The syndrome approach to global environmental change proposed by the German Advisory Council on Global Change was previously adapted for the examination of sustainable development in the region, and a potential regional syndrome of agriculturalization in the Argentinean Pampas was proposed and explored by regional experts from an array of disciplines. The syndrome approach is meant to facilitate a transdisciplinary …

Meeting of the expanded core group for the establishment of a Regional Coordinating Mechanism for the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

Issues and challenges in Caribbean cruise ship tourism

Caribbean tourism and agriculture: Linking to enhance development and competitiveness

This study examines current trends in tourism and agriculture in Caribbean countries and the strategy for linking them in order to facilitate their future development. The tourism industry has, in the past, developed largely apart from other sectors such as agriculture. On the other hand, agriculture has developed mainly to satisfy export markets. Domestic agriculture has had limited development and has therefore been displaced to a considerable extent by food imports. The recent promotion of agriculture tourism linkages is an attempt to enhance the local value added of the tourism industry, w…

ECLAC Launches the Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre

International Rivers and Lakes Nº 44

CONTENTS I.Calexico joins fight against canal project.II. NAFTA and Canadian Water.III.Water Dependencies and Interstate Behaviour: The Basis for Cooperation or Conflict.IV. Water policy: European Commission takes legal action against Italy, Spain and Greece over key directive.V. Tribunal hands down jurisdictional ruling in Bechtel-Bolivia arbitration.VI. States which share Colorado River water agree to plan for drought. VII. U.S. Federal Judge rejects Oregon farmers' water claim.VIII.Meaning and scope of Water Code reform in Chile. IX. Mexico's Rio Grande water debt repaid. Thestate…

Caribbean small states, vulnerability and development

Issues in the development of a regional mechanism/consultative framework for effective coordinated and coherent implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action/ Mauritius Strategy in the Caribbean

Alternative measures of potential economic growth in Latin America

Hubert Escaith is Director of the Division of Statistics and Economic Projections of ECLAC. These methodological notes were prepared for a lecture at the 2005 ECLAC Summer School. They are based on, and up-date, a series of papers in Spanish published in 2003 and 2004, which received in 2005 the award Maestro Jesus Silva Herzog from Economic Research Institute of the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico. The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formal editing, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Organization. …

Comparison of the socio-economic impacts of natural disasters on Caribbean societies in 2004

This study sets out to synthesize the several country reports to address the terms of reference. It therefore examines the nature of the events as they impacted the countries in 2004 and seeks underlying common local conditions that might have contributed to damage. It therefore follows to a great extent the presentation structure of the national reports on the impact of the disasters.…

The 2004 hurricanes in the Caribbean and the tsunami in the Indian Ocean: lessons and policy challenges for development and disaster reduction

Are there lessons to be learned from the recent disasters at the global scale? Are the numbers of disasters increasing and is their impact more severe? Is there a difference to be established among hazard exposure and the resilience, fragility and brittleness of humanmade vulnerabilities? How do countries and societies manage risk, transfer it or disperse it. This document will not answer all of these questions, but they have come to the forefront after the tsunami in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean hurricane season, both in terms of the outcome of the 2004 and the perspective for 2005. …

The millennium development goals: a Latin American and Caribbean perspective

Foreword In September 2000, 147 heads of State and Government, together with 42 ministers and heads of delegation, gathered at the General Assembly of the United Nations to explore ways of pooling their combined will and efforts to revitalize international cooperation on behalf of the less developed countries and, in particular, to mount a frontal assault on extreme poverty. On that occasion they identified goals for their efforts to combat poverty and hunger, reverse environmental degradation, achieve improvements in the fields of education and health, and promote gender equality.…