Socio-economic vulnerability to natural disasters in Mexico: rural poor, trade and public response

Includes bibliography

The role of the state and public finance in the next generation

Incluye Bibliografía

Urban segregation and public space: young people in enclaves of structural poverty

Includes bibliography

Institutions and public policies for rural development in Guatemala

Includes bibliography

The biodiesel market and public policy: a comparative analysis of Argentina and Brazil

Includes bibliography

Resolución 19: Relación entre problemas económicos y de salud pública = Resolution 19: Relationship between economic and public health problems = Résolution 19: Rapports entre les problèmes économiques et la santé publique

El símbolo E/840/Rev.1 corresponde a la edición bilingüe inglés/francés publicada en 1953

Belize: Projects Data Bank and public sector investment programming

Includes bibliography

Poverty, inequality and public policy in the Andean region: a comparative perspective

Includes bibliography

Bikeways and intermodality between bicycles and public transport

Analyses how the bicycle has evolved as a form of transport and outlines a bicycle traffic scheme. It provides examples showing that bicycles are a valid alternative to cars and can be integrated into a transport chain.

Road safety and public health: the cost of treating and rehabilitating the injured in Chile, Colombia and Peru

This issue of the FAL Bulletin examines the implications of road safety for the health-care system. It focuses on the economic cost of treating and rehabilitating road traffic injury victims and, for the sake of better public policy, proposes policy changes aimed at improving data collection as well as coordination among government agencies.

Third ordinary meeting of the conference of South American ministers of transport, communications and public works

The third ordinary meeting of the Conference of South American Ministers of Transport, Communications and Public Works was held from 6 to 8 November 1996 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Representatives of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela took part. Representatives of the following organizations were present as observers: the Latin American and Caribbean Federation of National Associations of Cargo Agents, the Latin American Railways Association, the Latin American Association for Automated Highway Transport, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Road Federation/German Agency for Technical Cooperation (IRF/GTZ); and other representatives from both the private and public sectors.