Physical infrastructure and regional integration

This FAL Bulletin issue addresses the contribution physical infrastructure makes to regional integration. It analyses the particular cases of the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), the Mesoamerica Project and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

The economic infrastructure gap and investment in Latin America

This edition of the FAL Bulletin aims to present and encourage the use of the economic infrastructure investment database for Latin America and the Caribbean (EII-LAC-DB), built by the Infrastructure Services Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The information contained refers to the period 1980-2012, in keeping with measurements undertaken by the World Bank, ECLAC and under the cooperation agreement between ECLAC and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF).

Are we building competitive and liveable cities?: Guidelines for developing eco-efficient and socially inclusive infrastructure

This guideline jointly published by The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), in partnership with the Urban Design Lab of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, provides practical tools for city planners and decision makers to reform urban planning and infrastructure design according to the principles of eco-efficiency and social inclusiveness. It includes case studies from the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Japan and Sri Lanka.

Structural change and productivity growth, 20 years later: old problems, new opportunities

Includes bibliography

Espacios de convergencia y de cooperación regional: Cumbre de la Unidad de América Latina y el Caribe. Síntesis de las propuestas

Incluye Bibliografía

Opportunities for Convergence and Regional Cooperation. Summary of proposals

Includes bibliography

Ecoeficiencia y desarrollo de infraestructura urbana sostenible en Asia y América Latina: revisión de las prácticas vigentes y los criterios utilizados para integrar aspectos ambientales y sociales en la infraestructura urbana de Chile, Colombia y México

Incluye bibliografía

Aplicación del análisis de sistemas a las ciudades y al transporte público urbano

Incluye bibliografía

Ecoeficiencia y desarrollo de infraestructura urbana sostenible en Asia y América Latina: Residuos y reducción de gases de efecto invernadero: el caso de Chile

Incluye bibliografía

Las demandas de inversión pública y la cohesión social. El caso de Perú

Incluye bibliografía

A methodological approach to gender analysis in natural disaster assessment: a guide for the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

The Cuban economy

Includes bibliography

Colombia: capital público y productividad de la industria manufacturera

Incluye Bibliografía

Desarrollo productivo en economías abiertas

Incluye Bibliografía