Knowledge and data for population in development: information activities of CELADE and the Latin American and Caribbean Population Information Network (IPALCA)

Includes bibliography

Between political control and efficiency gains: the evolution of agrarian property rights in Mexico

Includes bibliography

Poverty in Latin America: a review of concepts and data

Includes bibliography

Criteria for the efficient coordination of the activities for data collection and the design of instruments for mapping and data collection applicable to countries of the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Preliminary draft of the sections of the CELADE 1980-83 proposal to UNFPA on subprogramme 6: documentation and data processing (INFOPAL, DOCPAL) (for discussion only; not to be quoted)

El Sub-Programa de Documentacion en Poblacion y Procesamiento de Datos del CELADE se compone de tres elementos que corresponden a los primeros objetivos inmediatos del mismo: el Sistema de Documentacion en Poblacion para America Latina (DOCPAL), el Banco de Datos y la Unidad de Procesamiento de Informacion. El presente documento describe los objetivos, antecedentes y justificacion de cada uno de estos tres nucleos, asi como las actividades contempladas para el periodo 1980-1983 y que fundamentan el presupuesto contenido en la solicitud de fondos al UNFPA

Second Latin American meeting of bodies responsible for the supervision, control and regulation of land transport

This edition of the Bulletin presents a summary of topics examined and discussed during the Second Latin American Meeting of Bodies Responsible for the Supervision, Control and Regulation of Land Transport, held at ECLAC Headquarters, Santiago, Chile, from 10 to 12 August 1999. The rapporteur of the meeting was Mr. Humberto Valdés Ríos, Sub-Director, Asociación de Investigación y Producción del Transporte, Cuba.

Supervision, control and regulation of land transport

The first Latin American meeting of bodies responsible for the supervision, control and regulation of land transport, organized jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the National Transport Regulation Commission of Argentina (CNRT), was held in Buenos Aires from 5 to 7 November 1997. Representatives of public- and private-sector bodies connected with land transport in Latin America, the United States of America and Europe took part in the meeting, in an atmosphere which was highly interactive owing to the numerous questions asked and the enriching discussions.