Chile: effects of the adjustment policies on the agriculture and forestry sector

Includes bibliography

The Brazilian sugar and alcohol sector: evolution, productive chain and innovations

Includes bibliography

Macroeconomy for development: countercyclical policies and production sector transformation

Includes bibliography

Informe del Taller de Trabajo sobre Cooperación Técnica y Económica para el Sector Minero-Metalúrgico de América Latina = Report of the Workshop on Technical and Economic Co-operation for the Latin American Mining and Metallurgical Sector

Contiene la asistencia, organizacion de los trabajos y resumen de los debates sobre los temas: 1) posibilidades de incrementar el comercio internacional de minerales y metales de America Latina; 2) politicas de desarrollo del sector minero; y 3) posibilidades de complementacion regional e interregional en la industria minero- metalurgica y metalmecanica.

Belize: Projects Data Bank and public sector investment programming

Includes bibliography

Economía política de la planificación de los sectores agrícola y rural en las sociedades del Caribe = Polítical economy of agricultural and rural sector planning in Caribbean societies

Incluye Bibliografía

Private sector participation in the Indian urban water supply and sanitation sector

Includes bibliography

Propuestas de proyectos de cooperación horizontal para el desarrollo del sector minero-metalúrgico de América Latina: listado preliminar = Proposals for horizontal co-operation projects for the development of the mining and metallurgical sector of Latin America: preliminary list

Presenta proyectos de cooperacion horizontal para el desarrollo del sector minero-metalurgico propuestos por Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru y Republica Dominicana, los cuales han sido clasificados en proyectos de caracter regional o subregional y en proyectos de caracter multinacional.

Technical assistance and technology transfer in the Latin American mining and metallurgical sector

Includes bibliography

The economic crisis and the maritime and port sector

This bulletin examines the impact of the economic crisis on the maritime and port sector.

Road safety and public health: the cost of treating and rehabilitating the injured in Chile, Colombia and Peru

This issue of the FAL Bulletin examines the implications of road safety for the health-care system. It focuses on the economic cost of treating and rehabilitating road traffic injury victims and, for the sake of better public policy, proposes policy changes aimed at improving data collection as well as coordination among government agencies.

Road maintenance and international competitiveness

The present and subsequent editions of the Bulletin will deal with the issue of road maintenance, its close connection with transport costs and its impact upon the international competitiveness of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. When roads are in poor condition, vehicle operating costs increase by 30 to 50% or even more. Autonomous, adequate and regular funding contributes to effective road maintenance and, consequently, to reducing vehicle operating costs.

The forestry and cellulose sector in the Province of Concepción, Chile: Production linkages between the Secano Interior and industry in Greater Concepción, or an enclave economy?

Includes bibliography.