Certain conclusions relevant to Latin American urbanization which may be drawn from the United Nations Seminar on Regional Planning (Tokyo, 28 July-8 August 1958)

Los documentos del Seminario fueron publicados por UNESCO en 1961 con el título: La urbanización en América Latina/Urbanization in Latin America

The contribution of biofuels to the sustainability of development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Suriname: the impact of the May 2006 floods on sustainable livelihoods

Includes bibliography

Recent resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, and by ECLAC, which may be of special interest to member countries of the CDCC

Includes bibliography

Summaries of resolutions recently adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and ECLAC which may be of special interest to member countries of CDCC

Summary Summarises selected resolutions adopted by the forty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly which are of special interest to member countries of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee. These include observer status being granted to the ACS; Cooperation between the UN and the Caribbean Community and Implementation of the World Summit for Social Development.

Latin America: availability of data for demographic estimates on the basis of indirect techniques

Includes bibliography

Guías y principios que podrían ser usados para un acuerdo legal regional = Principles and guidelines which may be used for a regional legal agreement

Incluye Bibliografía

Suggestions regarding the principles which may be adopted by the Caribbean countries in negotiating agreements for the avoidance of double taxation with developed countries

Includes bibliography

Recent increases in shipping costs and their impact on exports from Latin America

This issue of the FAL Bulletin is based on a study prepared by ECLAC which works out a provisional approach for estimating the impact of increases in freight rates on exports from Latin America during the last few quarters. The total cost of exports from the region reflects the increases in three different components: the quantities exported, the prices of the goods and the freight charges. The influence of each of these is estimated.The information bases used are comprised of data obtained from the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (International Transport Database) and the authors own direct compilation. The conclusion is that total exports from Latin America varied by US$ 5.72 billion in the first half of 2004 compared with the first half of 2003; of this amount, US$ 2,105,000,000 correspond to the variation in price and quantity and US$ 3,615,000,000 represent the increase in export freight rates. When compared with the first half of 2002, the variation is in excess of US$ 8 billion.