A gender parity horizon in Latin America: the political representation of women

Includes bibliography

Report of the videoconference of specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system on preparations for the gender parity observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Women's political participation and gender parity in decision-making at all levels in the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Simulation on the effect of mortality differentials by parity on proportions orphaned using data from The Hague 1870-1880

Includes bibliography

Women's contribution to equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Millennium development goals. 2006 report: a look at gender equality and empowerment of women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

User Manual for the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

The transformation of the North American apparel industry: is NAFTA a curse or a blessing?

Includes bibliography

Latin America: Total factor productivity and its components

This article applies the stochastic-frontier model to examine total factor productivity (tfp) and its components in Latin America between 1960 and 2010. The likelihood-ratio test shows that, for a selection of Latin American countries over the 50 years analysed, the macroeconomic variables of technical inefficiency included in the model generally have a significant effect; and they allow for a better understanding of technical inefficiency throughout the region. The key variables explaining technical inefficiency in the selected countries are public expenditure and the inflation rate; and there is also an inverse relation between technical inefficiency and the extent to which local prices diverge from purchasing power parity.