Infant and child mortality in the Third World: background information and proposals for cooperative studies among demographic centers

Includes bibliography

Evaluation report: national advocacy workshop on the measurement of the informal sector and informal employment

Includes bibliography

Report on the national advocacy workshop on the measurement of the informal sector and informal employment

Includes bibliography

Transnational corporations and industrial modernization in Brazil: results of a questionnaire administered to the largest foreign-owned companies in the manufacturing sector during November 1991

Includes bibliography

Proyecto Propuestas para la Transformación Productiva de la Vivienda en América Latina y el Caribe: marco conceptual y metodología general = Project Proposals for Changing Production Patterns in the Housing Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: conceptual framework and general methodology

Incluye Bibliografía

Industrial modernization in Mexico: results of a questionnaire administered to the largest foreign-owned companies in the manufacturing sector during May

Includes bibliography

Aspectos de una política latinoamericana en el sector de los productos básicos = Aspects of a Latin American policy in the commodities sector

Incluye Bibliografía

Science and technology, ICT and profitability in the manufacturing sector in Peru

Includes bibliography

Current issues and prospects in the transport sector: multimodal transport, maritime transport and ports

This and subsequent issues of the Bulletin provide an account of recent events and trends in the transport sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. This edition deals with aspects relating to multimodal transport, maritime transport and ports.

Current developments in the transport sector and future prospects

Over the past three years, talks conducted at the subregional level have led to the signing of multimodal transport agreements, and these have been implemented by Mercosur and reviewed by the Andean Community; multimodal transport is only now starting to come into its own in South America but is already a common practice in the region covered by NAFTA. These trends continued in 1997, with consolidation being the dominant theme; on the one hand, consolidation occurred in business, with integrated services increasingly on offer, while on the other the authorities became aware of the need to promote linkages between different modes of transport. Highlights of 1998 may well include major plans for investments in intermodal infrastructure and greater interaction between users and service providers in both the public and private sectors, in order to develop regional intermodal transport systems.

Current issues and prospects in the transport sector: urban transport, rail transport and highway maintenance

This edition of the FAL Bulletin tells of recent events and trends in urban transport, railways and highway maintenance in Latin America and the Caribbean.

New information and telecommunications technology in the transport sector

The growing use of e-commerce and the need to generate efficient solutions to problems such as traffic jams and the physical distribution of merchandise have created a new scenario for transport in general, particularly in urban areas. Because of this, the application of new information and telecommunications technologies presents a strategic challenge that enables maximum advantage to be obtained from the deregulation of markets and the opening up of economies, as well as addressing other urgent needs of this sector. This issue of the Bulletin is based on a study of the application of information and telecommunications technologies to fleet management and urban transport, being carried out by the ECLAC Transport Unit. Although the study focuses on the impact of these technologies in these fields, its reflections, analysis and conclusions are also applicable in other areas of the transport sector.