Three forms of social coordination

Includes bibliography

Shaping the future of social protection: access, financing and solidarity

Includes bibliography

Latin America through the lens of social cohesion: selected indicators

Spanish document available at the Library

The use of databases of social and gender statistics in the development of policies and programmes

The unavailability of data to inform policy planning and formulation has been repeatedly cited as the main challenge to economic and social progress in the Caribbean. Furthermore, even in instances when data is produced, broader gaps exist between its production and eventual use for evidence-based policy formulation. Owing to those challenges, this report explores the use of databases of social and gender statistics in the development of policies and programmes in the Caribbean subregion. The report offers a general appraisal of databases against two main considerations: (i) maximizing the use of existing databases in relevant policies and programmes; and (ii) bridging the gaps in data availability of relevant statistical databases and their analyses. The assessment entailed an inventory of social and gender databases maintained by data producers in the region and analysis of the extent to which the databases are used for policy formulation. To that end, a literature search as well as consultations with a number of knowledgeable persons active in the field of statistics and data provision was conducted. Based on the review, a set of recommendations were produced to improve current practices within the region with respect evidence based policy formulation.

A decade of social development in Latin America, 1990-1999

Includes bibliography

Shaping the future of social protection: access, financing and solidarity: summary

Includes bibliography

A review of social development in the Caribbean in the nineties: World Summit for Social Development (WSSD)+5

Includes bibliography

Indicators for the assessment of social policies

Includes bibliography

Demographic models for projections of social sector demand

Includes bibliography

Political feasibility of social development

Includes bibliography

Alternatives of social policies for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Eighties

Includes bibliography

Regions as the product of social construction

Includes bibliography

An overview of social development in Brazil

Includes bibliography

Nature and selectiveness of social policy

Includes bibliography

Selectivity as the crux of social policies

Destaca el tema de la compensación social ante la crisis económica y los interrogantes vinculados a los límites entre asistencialismo y eficiencia de la inversión, la viabilidad de las políticas sociales en el corto plazo y los alcances de la expansión del sector informal en la región.