Tracking and Perspectives on WTO Negotiations: from Geneva to Hong Kong , July-December 2005

This month's issue of the FAL Bulletin takes a panoramic view of the present World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations, soon to embark on the Sixth Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ). Reduced expectations on the outcomes of this meeting due to the scant progress on critical issues - such as the liberalization of the agricultural sector - increase the challenge to conclude the Doha Round by the end of 2006. The governments of the region have a role to play in the direction this process may take. Additional details on the progress of these objectives can be obtained in chapter II of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy, 2004 Trends 2005.

Transport in the Americas: linking regional systems

On 15 and 16 December 1998, in New Orleans, United States, the third Western Hemisphere Transportation Ministerial Meeting will take place. This is part of a work programme which has been incorporated into the Plan of Action of the Americas. The Summit of the Americas held in Santiago, Chile, in April 1998, and the adoption of negotiations mechanisms for the Free Trade Area of the Americas constitute two major landmarks of the continental integration processes this year. The current issue of the FAL Bulletin focuses on the relationship between trade and transport in the Americas, and includes a discussion of transport systems and the supporting integration progress in the continent.

ECLAC Notes. Special Issue

Special Issue: Preserving the Multilateral Trading System: An Evaluation of Doha The Underlying Reasons Uncertain Status of Initiatives for Developing Countries Hong Kong Ministerial Accord on Export Subsidies Main Differences in Agriculture The Perfect is Enemy of the Good Obstacles to Negotiating Access to Agricultural Product Markets Multilateralism, the Main Casualty The Benefits of the WTO Importance of Renewing Negotiations for Latin America

II Cumbre Hemisférica de Transportes

La Segunda Cumbre Hemisférica de Transportes se celebró en Santiago de Chile, del 10 al 12 de abril de 1996. Participaron los ministros responsables del transporte de varios países de las Américas para respaldar los compromisos asumidos en la Cumbre de la Américas de 1994. El objetivo principal de la reunión ministerial fue explorar soluciones conjuntas a la problemática de transporte en la región y sentar las bases de una cooperación más dinámica y eficaz.

Avanzando con la implementación del Plan de Acción eLAC2007

Avanzando con la implementación del Plan de Acción de ALC sobre la Sociedad de la Información eLAC2007. Avances de Grupos de Trabajo eLAC2007. Indicadores Clave para medir las TIC para el desarrollo La falta de información sobre la Sociedad de la Información en ALC y soluciones en construcción. Seminario en el Caribe sobre Políticas Públicas de TIC. CEPAL y Comisión Europea firman memorando en materias de cohesión social e integración regional El gobierno electrónico y la interoperabilidad ¿Cómo impactan las TIC en la economía? ¿Cuáles son las temáticas más relevantes de eLAC2007? Enfocarse en el Caribe: mucho está pasando y mucho falta por pasar en políticas públicas …y ahora la solución ¿es TV Digital Terrestre y Convergencia Tecnológica en América Latina y el Caribe? Sin monitoreo del eLAC2007 no se constatan los avances. Últimas publicaciones. Preparando la II Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información eLAC2007.

Report of the thirty-fifth session. Lima, 5-9 May 2014

Attendance and organization of work .-- Agenda .-- Summary of proceedings .-- Resolutions adopted at the Thirty-Fifth Session of the Commission: 676(XXXV) ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2015-2016 .-- 677(XXXV) Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- 678(XXXV) Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean .-- 679(XXXV) Support for the work of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning .-- 680(XXXV) Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee .-- 681(XXXV) Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- 682(XXXV) Establishment of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- 683(XXXV) Admission of Sint Maarten as an associate member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean .-- 684(XXXV) Programme of Work and priorities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean for the 2016-2017 biennium .-- 685(XXXV) Activities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals and implementation of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields .-- 686(XXXV) Application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- 687(XXXV) The regional dimension of the post-2015 development agenda .-- 688(XXXV) South-South Cooperation .-- 689(XXXV) Place of the next session .-- 690(XXXV) Lima Resolution .-- 691(XXXV) Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Biennial report (2012-2013)

Includes resolutions adopted at the thirty-fifth session of the Commission, held in 2014.

Informe Bienal (2012-2013)

Este informe de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe consta de tres secciones. La primera de ellas está dedicada a los asuntos que requieren la adopción de medidas del Consejo Económico y Social o que se señalan a su atención; la segunda corresponde al informe de actividades de la Comisión desde enero de 2012 a diciembre de 2013, y la tercera contiene el informe del trigésimo quinto período de sesiones de la Comisión, celebrado en Lima, del 5 al 9 de mayo de 2014.

Index of political instability in Brazil, 1889-2009

This article aims to develop an index of political instability (ins) in Brazil between 1889 and 2009, reflecting a wide-ranging set of multiple phenomena that represent conflicts between the different social groups. By presenting different definitions of what is understood by political instability in the economics literature and by using multiple historical events —coups d’état, civil conflicts, constitutional or unconstitutional overthrow and changes in the composition of 50% of the ministerial cabinet— different indicators are obtained which are then synthesized into a single index using the principal component technique, to obtain an ins for Brazil between 1889 and 2009.

Working paper on the eLAC 2018 Digital Agenda in consideration of Caribbean priorities for technology-supported development

eLAC 2018 will coordinate the implementation of programmes to support the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in achieving social and economic development goals for Latin America in the Caribbean during the 2015-2018 timeframe. The conceptual framework for this programme of work is described by the eLAC 2018 Digital Agenda, which is anticipated to be ratified by the fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in August 2015 in Mexico City. There is a need for broader input from Caribbean countries to the eLAC 2018 Digital Agenda. Accordingly, this working paper reviews the document’s current draft, considering each of its objectives in the context of Caribbean development needs. Amendments are recommended to 12 of the objectives. Two additional objectives are also proposed, in the areas of regional coordination on universal service funds, and the establishment of a spatial data infrastructure to support the use of geographic information systems. Representatives of Caribbean countries are invited to use the contents of this document as an input to the development of their own proposed amendments for inclusion in the final version of the eLAC 2018 Digital Agenda.

Eliminating gender-based violence ensuring equality: ECLAC/UNIFEM assessment of actions

This study represents a collaborative effort by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) to assess these actions with the aim of informing the future work of these agencies around gender-based violence. An important dimension of the mandate of the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is the provision of strategic thinking and information to governments for policy formulation. This is accomplished through technical assistance and through research activities. At the Third Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean/Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (ECLAC/CDCC) Ministerial Conference on Women held in October 1999, violence against women was identified as a barrier to achieving gender equality. The recommendations spoke not only of the need to extend services to victims, but also to take actions based on an understanding of the root causes of violence. This study forms one component in a scope of work in which the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean has been engaged since 1999.

Resoluciones aprobadas en el Trigésimo Sexto Período de Sesiones de la CEPAL

Resolución 697(XXXVI) Resolución Horizontes 2030 .-- Resolución 698(XXXVI) Calendario de conferencias de la CEPAL para el período 2017-2018 .-- Resolución 699(XXXVI) Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe .-- Resolución 700(XXXVI) Resolución de México por la que se crea el Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible .-- Resolución 701(XXXVI) Respaldo a la labor del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) .-- Resolución 702(XXXVI) Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe .-- Resolución 703(XXXVI) Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe .-- Resolución 704(XXXVI) Programa de trabajo y prioridades de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe para el bienio 2018-2019 .-- Resolución 705(XXXVI) Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe .-- Resolución 706(XXXVI) Aplicación del Principio 10 de la Declaración de Río sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe .-- Resolución 707(XXXVI) Conferencia Regional sobre Población y Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe .-- Resolución 708(XXXVI) Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe .-- Resolución 709(XXXVI) Comité de Cooperación Sur-Sur .-- Resolución 710(XXXVI) Conferencia de Ciencia, Innovación y Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe .-- Resolución 711(XXXVI) Implementación del Programa de Acción de Viena en Favor de los Países en Desarrollo sin Litoral para el Decenio 2014-2024 .-- Resolución 712(XXXVI) Integración regional de la información estadística y geoespacial .-- Resolución 713(XXXVI) Seguimiento regional de los resultados de las conferencias sobre financiamiento del desarrollo .-- Resolución 714(XXXVI) Lugar del próximo período de sesiones.

Resolutions adopted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean at its Thirty-Sixth Session

Resolution 697(XXXVI) Horizons 2030 resolution .-- Resolution 698(XXXVI) ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2017-2018 .-- Resolution 699(XXXVI) Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- Resolution 700(XXXVI) Mexico resolution on the establishment of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development .-- Resolution 701(XXXVI) Support for the work of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) .-- Resolution 702(XXXVI) Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean .-- Resolution 703(XXXVI) Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- Resolution 704(XXXVI) Programme of work and priorities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean for the biennium 2018-2019 .-- Resolution 705(XXXVI) Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee .-- Resolution 706(XXXVI) Application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- Resolution 707(XXXVI) Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- Resolution 708(XXXVI) Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- Resolution 709(XXXVI) Committee on South-South Cooperation .-- Resolution 710(XXXVI) Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and The Caribbean .-- Resolution 711(XXXVI) Implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014-2024 .-- Resolution 712(XXXVI) Regional integration of statistical and geospatial information .-- Resolution 713(XXXVI) Regional follow-up to the outcomes of conferences on financing for development .-- Resolution 714(XXXVI) Place of the next session.