Economic reforms, growth and employment: labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Etnicidad y ciudadanía en América Latina: la acción colectiva de los pueblos indígenas

Incluye Bibliografía

Structural change and productivity growth, 20 years later: old problems, new opportunities

Includes bibliography

Income inequality in Central America, Dominican Republic and Mexico: assessing the importance of individual and household characteristics

Includes bibliography

Poverty, hunger and food security in Central America and Panama

Includes bibliography

Water management at the river basin level: challenges in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Panama and Central American economic integration

Includes bibliography

Non-market valuation of natural and environmental resources in Central America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Structural change and productivity growth 20 years later: old problems, new opportunities. Summary

Includes bibliography

Promoting economic links between the integration schemes of Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

The United States-Central American Free Trade Agreement: fiscal implications for the Central American countries

Includes bibliography

Chile's macroeconomic policies in the 1990s as seen from the vantage point of the Central Bank

Includes bibliography

Strengthening value chains as an industrial policy instrument. Methodology and experience of ECLAC in Central America

Foreword by Alicia Bárcena.

The cost of hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernutrition in Central America and the Dominican Republic

This document presents the results derived from the analyses of the cost of undernutrition in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic. The study shows that not only are the effects reported valid for the countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic, but the resultant economic impact is also significant, representing between 1.7% and 11.4% of GDP. In this regard, productivity losses as a consequence of the higher death rate and the lower level of education account for 90% of the costs. Thus, in addition to the ethical imperative, eradicating undernutrition would yield benefits as well. Therefore, any programme that is effective in reducing the prevalence of this problem will have an impact on people's quality of life, and will also represent major savings for society. The greater the problem, the greater the challenge, but the greater the benefits as well, especially in terms of countries' production capacity.