Trade and economic growth: a Latin American perspective on rhetoric and reality

Incluye Bibliografía

The urban female labour market in Latin America: the myth and the reality

Includes bibliography

Privatization in Latin America: from myth to reality

Includes bibliography

Social sciences and social reality in Central America

Includes bibliography

The role of agents in agricultural policies: intentions and reality

Includes bibliography

The Latin American regional market: the project and the reality

Includes bibliography

On statistical mapping of poverty: social reality, concepts and measurement

Includes bibliography

Report of the Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to Address the Caribbean Reality in the Twenty-first Century

Includes a statement of condolences presented to the Government and People of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the occasion of the passing of President Hugo Chavez

Caribbean forum: Shaping a sustainable development agenda to address the Caribbean reality in the twenty-first century

Includes bibliography.

Child abuse: a painful reality behind closed doors

Child abuse violates the most basic rights of children and adolescents. As documented in the main article of this issue of Challenges, child abuse is a massive, daily and underreported problem that affects the population of Latin America and the Caribbean. It manifests itself in different forms, including physical and psychological aggression, rape and sexual abuse, and takes place in the home, in neighbourhoods, at school, at work and in legal and child protection institutions. Abuse tends to be transmitted from one generation to the next, and the individuals most often responsible are parents or other adult members of the household