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Actividades de la CEPAL en Brasil durante mayo

Numerosas actividades desarrollará la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Brasil durante el mes de mayo. Seminario Promover el crecimiento y el bienestar: el papel de las instituciones y los cambios estructurales en Asia, 2 y 3 de mayo, organizado por la CEPAL, el Instituto de Economía de la Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro y el Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), de JETRO. José Antonio Ocampo, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, Joao Carlos Ferraz, Director del Instituto de Economía de la Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), e Ippei Yamazawa, Pr…

Data collection system for domestic violence

Domestic violence has affected the social fabric of societies on a global scale. In the Caribbean, it is known to persist in domestic settings irrespective of place of residence, socio-economic status and ethnicity. There have been numerous attempts by various agencies to obtain a handle on domestic violence. In every instance, the primary objective has been to meet agency-specific needs and permit such agencies to fulfil their functions within a larger societal structure. This, agencies such as hotlines, shelters, hospitals, health centres, police stations and the court system receive reports…

Globalização e desenvolvimento. Síntese

Globalização e desenvolvimento é o documento elaborado pela Secretaria da CEPAL para o vigésimo nono período de sessões da Comissão (Brasilia, maio de 2002);. A presente publicação apresenta um resumo do documento anteriormente citado.…

Globalization and development

Introduction The process that has come to be known as globalization .i.e., the progressively greater influence being exerted by worldwide economic, social and cultural processes over national or regional ones— is clearly leaving its mark on the world of today. This is not a new process. Its historical roots run deep. Yet the dramatic changes in terms of space and time being brought about by the communications and information revolution represent a qualitative break with the past. In the light of these changes, the countries of the region have requested the secretariat to focus the del…

Latin America and the Caribbean to Analyze Globalization

Latin America and the Caribbean must adopt a positive agenda to build a new international order and assume a real commitment on this topic, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will propose during its 29th Session, to be held in Brasilia, Brazil, from 6 to 10 May 2002, at the Blue Tree Park Hotel. The Session, which takes place every two years, is the most important meeting that ECLAC holds. During the meetings, all 48 governments belonging to this United Nations Commission will examine its progress over the previous two years and approve a work plan for the nex…

América Latina y el Caribe frente a la globalización

América Latina y el Caribe deben adoptar una agenda positiva en la construcción de un nuevo orden internacional y asumir con ella un compromiso efectivo, propondrá la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en su Vigesimonoveno período de sesiones, que se celebrará en Brasilia, Brasil, del 6 al 10 de mayo de 2002, en el Hotel Blue Tree Park. El período de sesiones es el encuentro más importante de cada bienio para la CEPAL, en el cual los 48 gobiernos que integran esta Comisión de la ONU examinan la marcha de sus actividades durante los dos años anteriores y aprueban el pla…

América Latina e o Caribe frente à globalização

A América Latina e o Caribe devem adotar uma agenda positiva na construção de uma nova ordem internacional e com ela comprometer-se de forma efetiva: é o que irá propor a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) em seu Vigésimo nono período de sessões, a ser realizado em Brasília, Brasil, de 6 a 10 de maio de 2002, no Hotel Blue Tree Park. O período de sessões é o encontro mais importante de cada biênio para a CEPAL. Nele os 48 governos que integram esta Comissão da ONU examinam o progresso de suas atividades durante os dois anos anteriores e aprovam o plano de trabalho par…

Globalização e desenvolvimento

Apresentação O mundo atual está marcado pelo que se conhece como o processo de globalização, ou seja, pela crescente gravitação dos processos econômicos, sociais e culturais de caráter mundial sobre aqueles de caráter nacional ou regional. Embora não se trate de um processo novo .suas raízes históricas são profundas—, as drásticas mudanças nos espaços e tempos, geradas pela revolução das comunicações e informação, ampliaram as dimensões, trazendo transformações qualitativas com relação ao passado. Conseqüentemente, houve uma demanda, por parte dos países da região, para que a Secreta…

Globalización y desarrollo

Presentación El mundo de hoy está marcado por lo que se conoce como el proceso de globalización, es decir, la creciente gravitación de los procesos económicos, sociales y culturales de carácter mundial sobre aquellos de carácter nacional o regional. Aunque no se trata de un proceso nuevo .sus raíces históricas son profundas—, los drásticos cambios en los espacios y tiempos generados por la revolución de las comunicaciones y la información le han dado nuevas dimensiones, que representan transformaciones cualitativas con respecto al pasado. Por este motivo, los países de la región enco…

Electronic commerce, international trade and employment: review of the issues

Electronic commerce is a relatively new phenomenon. Its rapid expansion since the mid-1990s has drawn attention to the impact it will have on promoting trade, economic growth and development. In addition to the many benefits associated with e-commerce, concern has been rising in regards to the widening technological gap, 'The digital divide' among countries and sectors within countries. Electronic commerce and the Internet are posed to stimulate trade by lowering the cost of gathering and processing information from distant markets, by creating global access to specific goods and s…

Políticas para promover una ampliación de la cobertura del sistema de pensiones en Colombia

Resumen Colombia emprendió en 1993 una ambiciosa reforma de su sistema de seguridad social en pensiones, salud y protección contra riesgos profesionales. Entre las razones para ello y dentro de los objetivos de dicha reforma, se contemplaron las limitaciones de cobertura de los sistemas anteriores de seguridad social y de salud pública. Recientemente, la economía colombiana ha sufrido una recesión nunca antes experimentada en su historia contemporánea, que aumentó la tasa de desempleo y afectó la cobertura de la seguridad social. Es necesario por lo tanto advertir que los avances logrados tant…

Las relaciones comerciales Argentina-Estados Unidos en el marco de las negociaciones del ALCA

Resumen Este documento analiza algunos tópicos seleccionados de las relaciones comerciales entre Estados Unidos y Argentina, teniendo como marco más amplio las negociaciones para un Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas. Su propósito y motivación ha sido el de proveer insumos útiles para el proceso de negociación comercial en curso. En el primer capítulo se analiza la estructura y las tendencias del comercio bilateral entre la Argentina y Estados Unidos en la década del noventa, identificando las principales tendencias en materia de evolución de la participación en los r…

Monetary dilemmas: Argentina in MERCOSUR

Abstract The deep economic crisis of Argentina has been causing an active quest for conclusions of topical or general importance. Indeed, an experience of this kind is likely to generate useful lessons for macroeconomic theory and policy design. Some of them may be simple and straightforward (e.g.: under strong uncertainty, the arguments for precautionary savings should apply particularly to fiscal policies). However, we believe that the questions raised hardly lend themselves to trivial answers. In this paper, we propose to undertake a brief (and certainly, partial and preliminary) di…

Welcome to new Heads of the Gender Department

In this issue of Gender Dialogue, we wish to congratulate Ms. Ingrid Charles- Gumbs, St. Kitts and Nevis; Ms. Miriam Roache, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Ms. Lera Pascal, Saint Lucia, on the assumption of the positions of heads of the national machineries in those countries. One of the purposes of this newsletter is networking and we are therefore providing some information on these three new officers, in our ‘Profiles of the new Heads of the national machineries for women’. We have also invited some of the “older hands” to share some of their experiences as head of national machineri…

The transformation of collective action in Latin America

We are witnessing the disappearance of the traditional paradigm that viewed the structural position as the determining factor in shaping collective action and social actors. Because of the structural and cultural changes that have occurred in the world and the region -the transformation of Latin America's weak national Statecentred industrial society and the break-up of the traditional relationships between State and society- collective action is tending to take shape mainly along four axes: political democratization; social democratization or the struggle against exclusion and for citize…

The idea of citizenship in the Latin American debate

This article looks at some of the most significant contributions to the contemporary Latin American debate on citizenship. The subject has taken on central importance in the justification of public policy throughout the continent, chiefly because it allows the approach taken to the social question to be based on active integration of economic, social and cultural phenomena, and makes it possible to address aspects of life in society -such as gender, ethnic and environmental conflicts- that pose major challenges for political regimes and for economic stability. Following an introductory section…

Challenges for secondary education in Latin America

In recent years, most Latin American countries have committed themselves, implicitly or explicitly, to achieving universal provision of a good-quality basic secondary education. Despite the diversity of the situations to be found in the region, it is possible to see that what this commitment means for each of these countries is having to cope simultaneously with educational deficiencies inherited from the past -primarily, incomplete coverage that leaves some adolescents outside the system- and the new challenges raised by the exigencies of change in the organization of work, culture and citize…