Contribution of energy services to the millennium development goals and to poverty alleviation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Suriname: the impact of the May 2006 floods on sustainable livelihoods

Includes bibliography

Expenditures, investment and financing for sustainable development in Trinidad and Tobago

Includes bibliography

Social policies and socioeconomic indicators for transitional economies

Includes bibliography

Financing for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Report of the Joint Meeting of the SIDS Bureau and the Inter-Agency Collaborative Group

Summary An account of the proceedings of the meeting which discussed the following agenda items: report on regional implementation of the SIDS POA; status of regional projects for submission to the meeting of prospective donors and representatives of Small Island Developing States; the regional position on UNDP compendium of project proposals; status of consultations with CARIFORUM and the EU; budget for the regional co-ordinating mechanism and consultation; preparation for the Special Session on the UN General Assembly (UNGASS); to discuss the SIDS plan of action; and a Ministerial meeting on SIDS POA implementation.

Assessment of the socioeconomic and environmental impact of hurricane Ivan on Jamaica

Includes bibliography

The impact of hurricane Ivan in the Cayman Islands

Includes bibliography

Efectos en Guatemala de las lluvias torrenciales y la tormenta tropical Stan, octubre 2005

Incluye Bibliografía

Información básica del sector agropecuario: subregión norte de América Latina y el Caribe, 1990-2005

Incluye Bibliografía

Alteraciones climáticas en Bolivia: impactos observados en el primer trimestre de 2007

Incluye Bibliografía

Indicadores sociales básicos de la subregión norte de América Latina y el Caribe (Edición 2010-2011)

Incluye Bibliografía

Problems relating to technology transfer mechanisms in the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Information technologies in trade facilitation and their use by msmes

This issue of the Bulletin is based on the material presented at the seminar Information Technology for Development of Small and Medium-sized Exporters in East Asia and Latin America, which was held on 23 and 24 November 2004 at the headquarters of ECLAC in Santiago, Chile. The seminar was part of the project entitled Comparative Study on East Asian and Latin American IT Industry, financed by the thematic fund for information and communication technologies (ICT) for development of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and has been carried out in close collaboration with the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), an organization that belongs to the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO). This article contains a discussion of the concepts, definitions and standards associated with electronic commerce, as well as the opportunities to be seized and the challenges to be met so that MSMEs can expand their electronic business.

Meeting held on engendering macroeconomic policy

.--Home.--Meeting on engendering macroeconomic policy.--Are macroeconomic policies gender neutral?.--Women, Men and Poverty.--UNDP support for a gender-responsive macroeconomic development planning in the Caribbean.--COMMENTARY: Males and females are victims of marginalisation.--Legislative reform project on Family Law and Domestic Violence.--Gender Focal Points in regional organisations and institutions.