Foreword The 1990s were unquestionably a time of transition and reorientation in several aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean's economic, social and political development. As in any period with these characteristics, the effects of long-standing processes mingled and interacted with incipient change. When the decade ended, ECLAC wished to contribute to the evaluation of the main events that marked the consolidation of reform in the region, recognizing of course that the speed of progress varied from country to country and from sector to sector. This publication offers an analysis of…
Prólogo En la reciente Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, celebrada en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, del 26 de agosto al 4 de septiembre de 2002, así como en los debates que tuvieron lugar durante todo el proceso preparatorio, uno de los temas centrales fue la definición y el consenso en torno a metas concretas, cuantitativas y con plazos establecidos, adicionales a las Metas de Desarrollo del Milenio, para avanzar más eficazmente en la transición hacia el desarrollo sostenible. En dicha Cumb…
Foreword Throughout the preparatory process for the World Summit on Sustainable Development and at the Summit itself, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002, discussions were dominated by one central concern: the need to define and reach consensus on concrete, quantitative goals, with fixed deadlines for implementation, which were to supplement the Millennium Development Goals and facilitate progress towards an effective transition to sustainable development. P…
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