Honduras: políticas sociales, macroeconomía y base productiva

CEPAL Review no.65

Revista de la CEPAL no.65

Reflections on the use of labour market indicators in designing policies with a gender-based approach

The profound transformations undergone by the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean in recent decades have combined with a massive increase in the number of economically active women to produce significant changes in the labour market. Nonetheless, the indicators used to measure and describe this market have remained unchanged, despite the fact, which it is important to bear in mind, that they were designed for circumstances distinct from today's, with different participants and requirements in policy terms. Although the importance of measuring the share in economic activity accoun…

Social policies and socioeconomic indicators for transitional economies

As part of the United Nations Development Programs thematic focus on poverty eradication and Poverty Strategy Initiatives, the UNDP, in cooperation with the Armenian Government, the World Bank and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), organized a workshop on Social Indicators to be held at Yrevan, Armenia on November 13-14, 1997. In accordance with the United Nations Global Conferences and their goals, the workshop pursued as its goal the elaboration of poverty initiatives to alleviate poverty, preserve the human capital and adjust it to new market conditions, wh…

Honduras: Políticas Sociales, Macroeconomía y Base Productiva. Estudio Especial De Las Naciones Unidas

Cinqüenta anos de pensamento na CEPAL

Con motivo de la conmemoración de los cincuenta años de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, ha parecido oportuno publicar una recopilación de los principales trabajos que reflejan la intensa actividad de la Comisión desde 1948 a la fecha. Dicha recopilación se presenta en dos volúmenes. La introducción coloca tales trabajos en perspectiva, con un orden y una estructura que permiten una contextualización histórica y una mirada sobre el conjunto de la labor de la institución. Los documentos de la CEPAL se publican generalmente sin atribuirlos a un autor o un responsable…