Contribuciones de la CEPAL para el seguimiento e implementación de la Carta de San José sobre los derechos de las personas mayores 2012-2013 (Rev.1)

Incluye Bibliografía.

Contributions made by ECLAC to follow-up and implementation of the San José Charter on the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012-2013

Includes bibliography

Población y salud en América Latina y el Caribe: retos pendientes y nuevos desafíos

Versión en inglés disponible en Biblioteca

Framework for implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in the small island developing states of the Caribbean subregion

Includes bibliography

Perspectivas globales sobre la protección de los derechos humanos de las personas mayores, 2007-2013

Incluye bibliografía.

Estudio sobre la autonomía económica de las mujeres en Costa Rica, El Salvador y Panamá

El presente estudio tiene como fin conocer los avances en materia de leyes y de política pública a partir de la firma de los Acuerdos de compromiso elaborados por los gobiernos de Costa Rica, El Salvador y Panamá en el tema de la autonomía económica de las mujeres en los primeros meses de 2014. Se busca analizar el resultado de las experiencias en estos países, detectar los avances y los desafíos, y a partir de este diagnóstico brindar propuestas de política pública que coadyuven a fortalecer el avance en la autonomía económica de las mujeres.

The international crisis and Latin American development: objectives and instruments

Includes bibliography

Economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012: policies for an adverse international economy

Includes bibliography

Information society and public ICT policies in the Caribbean: a review of advances and challenges, policy instruments and country experiences

Includes bibliography

In search of work. International migration of women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Selected bibliography

Includes bibliography

CEFACT: an international private/public sector partnership

The Centre for the Facilitation of Procedures and Practices in Administration, Commerce and Transport (CEFACT) constitutes a partnership between the public and private sectors for their mutual benefit. For the private sector, working with governments to improve commerce is critical to improving international competitiveness. For governments, working with the private sector to reduce procedural barriers to trade is critical to improving both their own administrative effectiveness and the economic well-being of their countries. This issue of the Bulletin presents an exposition by the Chairman of the CEFACT, Mr. Henri Martre, at the Trade Facilitation Seminar, carried out between 9 and 10 March of 1998, at the Headquarters of the World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Its main purpose is to explain the importance of CEFACT's partnership between the public and private sectors; how this partnership works, and the trade facilitation instruments it has created.

Modernization of Customs and Implementation of Single Window Systems for Foreign Trade: Results of an International Seminar-Workshop

An international seminar-workshop entitled "Facilitation of trade and transport in Latin America: situation and outlook" was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on 29 and 30 November 2005, organized jointly by the ECLAC Division of International Trade and Integration and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The event was attended by about 50 persons involved in customs modernization and/or the implementation of single window systems for foreign trade in 20 Ibero-American countries.The main purpose of the seminar-workshop was to exchange ideas, opinions and proposals concerning the efficient implementation of trade facilitation instruments. The conclusions reached at this event point to the need to seek convergence among the existing trade agreements associated with trade facilitation in Latin America. Customs modernization requires the re-design of processes and procedures in order to achieve interoperability among the systems, and single window systems for foreign trade can only be implemented successfully if clear political leadership is established with broad participation from both public and private organizations.

International technological dynamics in production sectors: An empirical analysis

A new methodology is proposed for evaluating the economic development opportunities associated with the different industries making up a country’s economic structure. To this end, neo-Schumpeterian concepts are used to reinterpret the tools afforded by the “product space” literature in an attempt to assess the technological pervasiveness and sophistication of different production sectors. The ultimate objective is to develop a description of today’s techno-productive paradigm and the differential role that the various sectors play in it. An analysis of export data from 113 countries and territories for 2005-2009 indicates that the key sectors in the world economy are: industrial machinery, scientific and medical instruments, and pharmaceuticals. The strong performance of sectors based on mature technologies suggests that key sectors originating in different stages in history can survive and overlap one another, much like geological strata, owing to the persistence of older technological systems.