Some thoughts on the role of environmental impact assessment for developing countries and ECO's role in the Americas

Includes bibliography

Developing countries' anti-cyclical policies in a globalized world

Includes bibliography

Ejecución del Plan de Acción de Río de Janeiro para la Cooperación entre Países en Vías de Desarrollo en el Campo de las Fuentes de Energía Nuevas y Renovables" = Implementation of the "Rio de Janeiro Plan of Action for the Co-operation among Developing Countries in the Field of New and Renewable Sources of Energy""

Señala algunas actividades concretas que podrían iniciar los países en desarrollo para la cooperación en el campo de las fuentes de energía nuevas y renovables. Dichas actividades consisten en una serie de programas que, según su naturaleza, se clasifican en: a) programa de planificación energética, b) programa de desarrollo científico y tecnológico, y c) programas de apoyo comunes.

Transport: the state of affairs in landlocked developing countries of Latin America, through June 2009

This edition of the FAL Bulletin examines the state of affairs of transport in the Plurinational State of Bolivia and Paraguay, along with their transit countries. The information herein is an update of Bulletin 262 of June 2008.

Road safety and public health: the cost of treating and rehabilitating the injured in Chile, Colombia and Peru

This issue of the FAL Bulletin examines the implications of road safety for the health-care system. It focuses on the economic cost of treating and rehabilitating road traffic injury victims and, for the sake of better public policy, proposes policy changes aimed at improving data collection as well as coordination among government agencies.

Performance of Latin America and the Caribbean during the first years of the Decade of Action for Road Safety

This issue of the FAL Bulletin examines the performance of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean during the first years of the decade of action for road safety. This document is part of the activities being undertaken by ECLAC as a United Nations regional commission in preparation for the Second Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety, which is to take place in Brasilia on 18 and 19 November 2015.

Globalization and liberalization: the impact on developing countries

Includes bibliography

Finding solutions to the debt problems of developing countries: report of the Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (New York, 20 May 1999)

Includes bibliography

The need to establish coordinated measures for the reduction of road accidents in Latin America and the Caribbean

This edition of the FAL Bulletin approaches road safety and the need for urgent, coordinated measures to be established between the public and private sectors and civil society in order to prevent the rapid increase in deaths and casualties in road accidents in Latin America and the Caribbean, an issue which is threatening the sustainability of regional development.