Summaries of resolutions recently adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and ECLAC which may be of special interest to member countries of CDCC

Summary Summarises selected resolutions adopted by the forty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly which are of special interest to member countries of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee. These include observer status being granted to the ACS; Cooperation between the UN and the Caribbean Community and Implementation of the World Summit for Social Development.

Crisis y desarrollo: presente y futuro de América Latina y el Caribe. Vol 1: Transformación y crisis: América Latina y el Caribe 1950-1984 = Crisis and development: the present situation and future prospects of Latin America and the Caribbean. Vol 1: Change and crisis: Latin America and the Caribbean 1950-1984

Incluye Bibliografía

Crisis y desarrollo: presente y futuro de América Latina y el Caribe. Vol 2: Desencadenamiento de la crisis y la reacción de la política económica: resultados y alternativas = Crisis and development: the present situation and future prospects of Latin America and the Caribbean. Vol. 2: Onset of the crisis and the economic policy response: effects and options

Incluye Bibliografía

Crisis y desarrollo: presente y futuro de América Latina y el Caribe. Vol 3: Desafíos y opciones para el desarrollo futuro = Crisis and development: the present situation and future prospects of Latin America and the Caribbean. Vol. 3: Challenges and options for future development

Se refiere a las orientaciones que podrian imprimirse al desarrollo economico y social en el mediano y largo plazo, en particular en los proximos diez anos, aunque tambien considera una perspectiva de mas largo plazo vinculada, entre otros aspectos, a modificaciones de la economia internacional.

Contributions made by ECLAC in the field of international migration from a human rights and development perspective: report of the activities of the Commission, 2012-2013

Includes bibliography

Montevideo consensus on population and development

Includes bibliography

Población y desarrollo en América Latina = Population and development in Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía

Trade, environment and development: implications for Caribbean countries

Includes bibliography

Ecopolitics in the Third World: politics, ecology and development planning in Brazil

Includes bibliography

Education and research in urban planning and development in Latin America

Las tasas de urbanizacion de America Latina son las mas altas del mundo y los problemas generados por ellas seguiran influyendo en el desarrollo politico, economico y social de la region en los anos futuros. Las necesidades de formacion de profesionales y de investigacion en el campo del desarrollo urbano son tan enormes y los esfuerzos desplegados tan escasos, que se requiere un enfoque enteramente nuevo de parte de las agencias interamericanas. En este sentido, se propone la formacion de un Consejo de Asuntos Urbanos de las organizaciones interamericanas destinado a: a).orientar y financiar los esfuerzos y prestar asesoria en problemas de urbanizacion; b).establecer, en el largo plazo, centros de estudios urbanos y de planificacion nacionales y/o regionales; c).asesorar a las universidades a traves de grants, becas y bolsas viajeras e incrementar el numero actual de becas en desarrollo urbano; d).patrocinar la elaboracion de materiales para la formacion de urbanistas.

Urban transport planning in a context of demographic, social, economic and technological change

Transport planning necessarily takes into account more than just the immediate time-frame. In the case of urban transport, planning needs to come up with solutions in regard to infrastructure which is expensive and may have a useful life extending over several decades. Therefore, planning must take note of economic, technological, social and demographic changes that influence trips undertaken.The purpose of this article is to explore some of the trends that may well be observed in upcoming decades. The article arrives at the conclusion that, in a period of considerable change and uncertainty, failure to take heed of recent trends may result in the construction of infrastructure that is not always the most appropriate and, what is more, that urban development militates against the efficient operation of public transport and, as a result, is likely to jeopardize the sustainability of cities in the long term.

Ageing and Development Newsletter No. 3

Karoline Schmid: Caribbean challenges o f a global phenom enon. Harold Robinson: Information is the basis for effective action. Implementation of the Regional Strategy. Caribbean steps towards a society for all ages Montevideo: ECLAC called the attention of countries on social protection.