Attitudes to Domestic Violence in Dominica: Some research findings

Globalizing talent and human capital: implications for developing countries

Abstract Human capital flows can take several forms and include the international circulation of scientists, information technology experts, intellectuals, artists and entrepreneurs. The evidence shows that traditional brain drain , say a permanent and irreversible outflow of human capital, co-exists also with cycles of emigration and return of national talent ( brain circulation ). Thus, for developing countries, the emigration of domestic talent need not be always a permanent loss. However, although return rates vary from country to country, poor economies suffer particularly…

CEPAL Review no.77

Revista de la CEPAL no.77

Organización de la salud en Argentina y equidad: una reflexión sobre las reformas de los años noventa e impacto de la crisis actual

1. Características generales del sistema de salud argentino La provisión de salud en Argentina está cubierta por tres subsectores: público, seguridad social y privado. Hacia principios de la década de los setenta, se había logrado consolidar institucionalmente un esquema de provisión de la salud a través del cual, con la concurrencia del sector público y un característico sistema de seguridad social, se pudo alcanzar una extensa cobertura. Con el desarrollo de las obras sociales (instituciones de salud de la seguridad social), el sistema fue adoptando como rasgo distintivo el de su al…

Envejecimiento y desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe

Se analiza el proceso de envejecimiento demográfico que están experimentando los países de América Latina y el Caribe y su relación con aspectos del desarrollo. Se trata de un proceso generalizado, ya que en todos los países de la región la población de 60 años y más muestra un incremento sustancial. Además, el envejecimiento se produce con mayor rapidez de lo que fue históricamente en los países desarrollados. Sin embargo, lo más preocupante es el contexto social y económico de la región, caracterizado por una alta incidencia de la pobreza, una persistente y aguda inequidad social, una baja c…

The collective memory and challenges of feminism

The work that appears in this publication was written by the philosopher Amelia Valcárcel and presented at the panel on Equity and Human Rights held in conjunction with the VIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Lima, Peru, 8-10 February 2000);. The collective memory and the challenges of feminism are reflected in the author's review of feminist political philosophy from the Enlightenment to the present day. She addresses the classic themes of equality and examines the sources that have given rise to much of the current contention between men and women. This…

La equidad distributiva y el sistema tributario: un análisis para el caso argentino

Resumen El presente trabajo expone los resultados de una investigación sobre la asignación de la carga tributaria y la medida en que los impuestos modifican la distribución del ingreso, con referencia a la Argentina y con información del año 1997. El estudio comienza con el tratamiento de los criterios de incidencia. Se explicitan las hipótesis de traslación utilizadas y se comparan con las empleadas en otras investigaciones sobre el tema. A continuación se efectúan consideraciones relevantes para el análisis de la distribución del ingreso. Se fundamenta la elección del indicador de bienestar,…

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…

Eqüidade, desenvolvimento e cidadania

Neste livro são analisadas as oportunidades oferecidas pela incorporação à economia mundial e os riscos implicados, em termos de instabilidade financeira e exclusão. Além disso, propõe-se uma oreorientação dos padrões de desenvolvimento da região em torno do eixo da eqüidade; uma política social universal, solidária e eficiente; um desenvolvimento mais estável, dinâmico, integrador e sustentável, e um conceito integral de cidadania, fundamentado não apenas na participação política, mas também em uma maior participação dos atores sociais nos assuntos públicos, o que é essencial para enfrentar a…

La pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe aún tiene nombre de infancia

Propósito y naturaleza del documento El presente documento constituye un aporte conjunto de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL); y el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF); a la XI Conferencia de Esposas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de las Américas a realizarse en México, entre el 25 y el 27 de septiembre de 2002, cuyo tema central es Niñez en pobreza. El documento se basa en recientes trabajos conjuntos de la CEPAL y el UNICEF como aporte al proceso de las cumbres iberoamericanas, y se actualiza a la luz de las conclusiones de la Sesión Especial …

Advancing gender equality in the Caribbean: legislative approaches to sex discrimination

Introduction The 1990s was marked by a process of review of governmental policy towards the attainment of the goal of gender equality and equity. To a large extent, this review process was facilitated and strengthened by the preparation for the Fourth World Conference on Women which allowed for assessments and reviews both of the achievements and as well as the strategies for the promotion of gender equality. In this review, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean/Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (ECLAC/CDCC) secretariat convened the Third Ministeria…

REDATAM informa, diciembre 2001

Editorial Este ejemplar de Redatam Informa está dedicado a la difusión de los censos, encuestas y otros datos a los usuarios finales, es decir, a quienes necesitan información y datos específicos, pero que no están interesados ni tienen formación para escribir programas. La cuarta generación de Redatam ha incorporado el módulo R+xPlan, que facilita la cración por programadores de aplicaciones que ocultan los procesos en R+G4, pero, por otra parte, permite que los usuarios puedan solicitar cuadros numéricos, gráficos y mapas sin que sepan programar en Redatam. El…

Social dimensions of macroeconomic policy: report of the Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations

Introduction The social agenda is long-term in nature, in the sense that poverty alleviation along with a better distribution of income, wealth and opportunities are long-term goals. A sound macroeconomic policy, on the other hand, has to do largely with the consistent management of short-term policy instruments pursuing a sustainable and predictable pace for aggregate economic variables and major prices (wages, inflation, interest rates and exchange rates). In spite of the different arena and rationale in which they play, there are strong links between the two. First and most obvious,…

The evolution of world income inequality: assessing the impact of globalization

Abstract In the last two centuries (1800-2000) the world has seen an unprecedented increase in the capacity to create material wealth and undergo technical change. At the same time, this is also a period of large disparities in income per head, living standards across (and within) countries and regions of the world. Large inequalities can eventually undermine global integration and social stability thus hampering long run growth prospects and the legitimacy of globalization. Global inequalities reflect both inequalities across nations, driven mainly by divergences in economic per…

The Invisible Majority: what feminist economics can offer

Construir equidad desde la infancia y la adolescencia en Iberoamérica

Prólogo La Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno,reunida en Panamá en noviembre de 2000, consagró buena parte de sus deliberaciones al tema de la infancia y la adolescencia. Reconoció así,la importancia de sus derechos,claramente consagrados en la Convención de los Derechos del Niño,suscrita por todos los países iberoamericanos.Igualmente,identificó los problemas prioritarios que enfrentan los niños,niñas y adolescentes y consignó,en la Declaración de Panamá 2000 las estrategias orientadas a solucionarlos. El establecimiento de tales prioridades hizo…

Building equity from the beginning: the children and adolescents of Ibero-America

Foreword The Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government,which met in Panama in November 2000, devoted a good part of its deliberations to the subject o children and youth.It recognized the importance of their rights,as clearly enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child,which all the Ibero-American countries have signed.It also identified the most urgent problems acing boys,girls and adolescents and,in the Panama Declaration 2000,set forth the strategies for resolving them. As these priorities were established,it became clear that there was a ne…

Construir eqüidade desde a infância e a adolescência na Ibero-América

Prólogo A Cimeira Ibero-Americana de Chefes de Estado e de Governo,reunida no Panamá em novembro do ano 2000,consagrou grande parte de suas deliberações ao tema da infância e adolescência.Reconheceu assim a importância dos seus direitos,claramente consagrados na Convenção dos Direitos da Criança,subscrita por todos os países ibero-americanos.Igualmente,identificou os problemas prioritários que as crianças e adolescentes enfrentam e na Declaração do Panamá 2000 deixou consignadas as estratégias orientadas a solucioná-los. O estabelecimento de tais prioridades tornou e…

ECLAC Inaugurates the Raúl Prebisch Chair

(23 August 2001) To commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Prebisch's birth this year, ECLAC has created this position in his honour, which will be held by distinguished public figures involved in Latin American economics. The first Magisterial Lecture, called The Roots of Globalization, will be given by Brazilian economist Celso Furtado. It will begin at 5 p.m. in the Raúl Prebisch Conference Room at the Commission's headquarters, in Santiago, Chile. At 6:15 p.m., the exhibition Celso Furtado: Vocation Latin America will be officially opened.…