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The UN/ECE Water Convention: exporting experience in water cooperation to the world.-- II. Virginia wins Potomac water war in Supreme Court.-- III...
This study represents a collaborative effort by the Economic Commission
for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters...
Concessions have become an important mechanism in Latin America for attracting financing and private management to the highway sector. Highways...
This document contains an analysis of and statistics on the economic performance of the region as a whole and of individual Latin American and...
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean and Secretariat to the Caribbean...
Describes the Caribbean Trade Statistics Database, explaining the reasons for its creation. Identifies its functions and capabilities. Outlines...
Discusses the objectives behind export promotional policies, their methods, and the benefits to be derived. Describes, analyses and assesses...
Special Issue Social Panorama of Latin America 2002-2003 Op Ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Deputy Executive Secretary: Struggling Against...
Infrastructure, transport and production development in an agricultural region: a case in Argentina.
The development of the agricultural area in central and northern Argentina was analysed in a recent ECLAC study. More than 80% by volume of the...
The paper highlights the importance of good economic and social data to measure the change in the economy and the society in the light of external...
In the first half of 2003, emerging debt markets rallied, as disillusionment with equities, geopolitical concerns, and doubts about growth...
Introduction
Most nations have one or more governmental or non-profit agencies charged with collecting and analyzing science and technology...
Remittances are, currently, the second most important source of external finance to developing countries, after foreign direct investment. They do...
Renewable energy and energy efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean: constraints and prospects
Summary In Latin America, energy efficiency and renewable energy offer great potential for reducing the negative effects of the ever-...
As the culmination of a project financed by the Technical Cooperation Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany (GTZ), ECLAC has just published...