Poverty and social integration in the Caribbean

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Manual for the compilation of science and technology indicators in the Caribbean

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Digital inclusion in education in Tarija, Plurinational State of Bolivia

This study analyses digital inclusion in secondary education in the Tarija School District in the Plurinational State of Bolivia for the 2012-2013 school year, using the indicators in the Plan of Action for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (Plan of Action elac). This is an exploratory and descriptive analysis based on a sample of 311 students, 108 teachers and 15 school principals. According to the findings, teenagers use the Internet to look for information and entertainment; the expansion of mobile technology among them offers numerous educational opportunities; and insufficient training for teachers on how to integrate information and communications technologies (icts) into the learning process is a top challenge. The existence of icts in schools has been confirmed, but not their use. Local and national efforts are helping to reduce the digital divide and promote equality of opportunity for young people.

Regional financial integration in East Asia: challenges and prospects

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Regional integration in the Caribbean assessing the impact of CSME on CARICOM's poorest member state

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Science and technology policies in open economies: the case of Latin America and the Caribbean

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Regional integration in Latin America and dynamic gains from macroeconomic cooperation

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Policies and practices for the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in education in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Domestic technology generation in LDCs: a review of research findings

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Present and future integration in Central America

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Regional integration in the 1990s

The renewed interest sparked by the potential for intraregional cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean today has been reflected in numerous agreements regarding trade preferences and in attempts to establish free trade areas, customs unions or common markets. The possibility has even been discussed of setting up free trade arrangements on a hemispheric scale. This plethora of proposals inevitably raises a great many questions. What is the reason for this renewed interest? Are the differences between the schemes of today and those of the 1960s and 1970s significant enough to avert the obstacles and difficulties encountered by those earlier schemes? What are the most suitable mechanisms and instruments for promoting intra-Latin American integration? What are the defining characteristics of the various categories of integration initiatives, such as free trade areas, customs unions and common markets? Is it feasible to set up free trade areas involving countries having very dissimilar levels of development or macroeconomic policies? Would it be wise to work towards a gradual convergence of all these initiatives into a single, regionwide scheme? And most importantly: Just how functional would integration be in terms of the development strategies and policies adopted by the individual countries of the region? The various sections of this article attempt to answer, albeit tentatively, these questions.

Marginality and social integration in Uruguay

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Equity in education in El Salvador

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The technical skills of information technology workers in Argentina

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Technology transfer in the mining sector: options for the Latin American Mining Organization (OLAMI)

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