Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2011

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Social Panorama of Latin America 2002-2003

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Social Panorama of Latin America 2007

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Summit of the Americas 1994-2009: selected indicators

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Using tree population size structures to assess the impacts of cattle grazing and eucalypts plantations in subtropical South America

To evaluate the effects of distinct management of the matrix in which forest fragments are found upon plant populations thriving in forest remnants in south Brazil, we assessed the conservation status of populations of four woody species (Campomanesia rhombea, Diospyros incontans, Myrciaria cuspidata and Sebastiania commersoniana) through analyses of size structure. Analyzes were carried out at two scales. At a local scale, we consider populations in fragments surrounded by pastures or eucalypts forest plantations, and at a regional scale we also consider larger forest tracts taken as reference areas (Rio Grande do Sul Forest Inventory databank). Population size structures were summarized using the symmetry of height distributions. Small individual size classes prevailed at the local scale in fragments surrounded by eucalypts plantations, whereas in areas exposed to cattle ranching, populations of the same species consistently lack small individuals. At the regional scale, populations in fragments surrounded by pastures presented greater skewness (prevalence of small plants) than populations in reference areas, while populations surrounded by eucalypts plantations presented intermediate skewness. These results reinforce the notion that plantations have a higher conservation value for forest ecosystems than other commercial land uses, like cattle ranching. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Trade in services in Latin America and the Caribbean: an analysis of recent trends

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Quantitative assessment of a free trade agreement between MERCOSUR and the European Union

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Preliminary overview of the economies of the Caribbean 2012-2013

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From hard-peg to hard landing?: recent experiences of Argentina and Ecuador

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The small economies of Latin America and the Caribbean

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An analysis of maritime transport and its costs for the Caribbean

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The fiscal impact of trade liberalization and commodity price fluctuation: the case of Dominican Republic, 1980-1998

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Structural determinants of tax revenue in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990-2009

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The development of services in the Caribbean

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Updated Economic Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012

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