Evaluation of technical assistance needs in population activities in Latin America

Dada la escasez de recursos para la asistencia internacional en actividades de poblacion en la region, la definicion de funciones y responsabilidades de las diversas agencias debe hacerse en terminos de sus objetivos, excelencia profesional y de sus relaciones institucionales con los paises. Los objetivos de dicha asistencia se orientan a desarrollar capacidades, conocimientos e insumos para la comprension de los aspectos demograficos del desarrollo y la formulacion de politicas de poblacion. La discusion de los nuevos arreglos institucionales y formas de organizacion de la ayuda para el logro escalonado de estos objetivos debe basarse en la consideracion de las ventajas y desventajas de la experiencia acumulada hasta ahora. En este sentido, destacan como determinantes del grado de factibilidad y eficiencia de la asistencia tecnica el grado de conciencia sobre la problematica poblacional, la existencia de programas estructurados y el apoyo de agencias ejecutoras a nivel de cada pais

Survey of the needs for technical assistance and the ability to provide such: a discussion of the survey findings and of the principles and mechanism of technical co-operation among developing countries

Includes bibliography

The need for technical assistance in statistics in the Caribbean, with particular reference to the smaller territories

Includes bibliography

Caribbean Documentation Centre: proposal for technical assistance

Incluye como anexos, los documentos E/CEPAL/CDCC/16/Rev.1; E/CEPAL/CDCC/19/Add.3; CARIB/INT/77/2

The Role of Technical Assistance in World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Negotiations

This issue of the Bulletin presents a brief review of trade facilitation negotiations from the specific viewpoint of technical assistance, capacity-building and special and differential treatment (SDT). Trade facilitation negotiations have focused on clarifying three articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT): article V (freedom of transit); article VIII (fees and formalities connected with importation and exportation); and article X (publication and administration of trade regulations). Although the stage of text-based negotiations has not yet been reached, the process of receiving and analysing proposals has made it possible to identify the aspects most urgently in need of correcting by means of trade facilitation measures. Consideration has been given to several formulas for the implementation of those measures and to how the associated technical assistance should be organized.

The millennium development goals: strategic implications for the Latin American and Caribbean statistical systems

Includes bibliography

A new generation of standards: implications for the Caribbean and Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía

Socio-demographic vulnerability: old and new risks for communities, households and individuals

Includes bibliography

General outlines of the Organization of a Civil Registration Service in Latin America (English summary)

Organized by the United Nations, through its Statistical Office, the Bureau of Technical Assistance Operations, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Latin American Demographic Centre, in co-operation with the Government of Peru, the Inter-American Statistical Institute, the Inter-American Children's Institute, the Pan American Health Organization and the Inter-American Civil Registration Association

Upgrading value chains through professional and supporting services: Lessons from three agro-industry chains in El Salvador and Guatemala

Includes bibliography

Caribbean trade and integration: trends and future prospects

Includes Bibliography