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Preface In Latin America and the Caribbean, the idea of social cohesion has emerged as a response to persistent problems which, despite certain achievements over the past few years, continue to exist: high indices of poverty and indigence, the extreme inequality that characterizes our region and various forms of discrimination and social exclusion dating back to the distant past. The actors that might potentially be capable of fostering positive interaction lack a common set of principles of cooperation and communication. While there are usually many reasons for these gaps, the frail m…
The importance of science and technology (S&T) in Small Island Developing States
(SIDS) is clearly articulated in Chapter XI, paragraphs 57, 58, 61 and 62 of the Mauritius
Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States (MSI). At the regional level, the Heads of
Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) noted the challenge that CARICOM
member States face in competing in this new international economic environment in which the
impact of scientific and technological change has created a knowledge-based glo…
This document was produced under the supervision of Juan Carlos Feres, Chief of the Social Statistics Unit, Statistics and Economic Projections Division, ECLAC, and was written by Pablo Villatoro, Consultant in the Division. Marcelo Miño and Elizabeth Rivera both contributed to this study, while Carlos Vergara and Ernesto Ottone made valuable comments and suggestions. The production of the document was funded by the EUROsociAL Programme of the European Commission. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean wishes to thank those whose financial cooperation made the production a…