Report on the Consultative Meeting for the Promotion of Latin American and Caribbean Projects in the Area of New and Renewable Sources of Energy = Informe sobre la Reunión Consultiva para la Promoción de Proyectos de América Latina y el Caribe en la Esfera de las Fuentes de Energía Nuevas y Renovables

Informe de la reunion consultiva sobre promocion de proyectos de America Latina y el Caribe en el area de fuentes de energia nuevas y renovables. Contiene el resumen de los debates y conclusiones acerca del conjunto de proyectos presentados por OLADE y CARICOM.

Características del Istmo Centroamericano y la República Dominicana que podrían afectar su participación en el Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA) = Characteristics of the Central American Isthmus and the Dominican Republic which might affect their participation in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

Incluye Bibliografía

El grado de preparación de los países pequeños para participar en el ALCA = Readiness of small countries to participate in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

Incluye Bibliografía

Medidas de política interna para facilitar la integración de las economías pequeñas en el Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas = Internal policy measures to facilitate the integration of smaller economies into the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Incluye Bibliografía

Estudio demográfico y sociológico sobre el área metropolitana de San Salvador = A demographic and socio-economic survey of the metropolitan area of San Salvador, El Salvador

Incluye Bibliografía

Factores que afectan a la participación de los países del Caribe en el Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas = Factors affecting the participation of Caribbean countries in the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Incluye Bibliografía

Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA): a report on the progress of the preparations for negotiations

Includes bibliography

Report of the workshops on the Free Trade Area of the Americas, competitiveness and standards

Includes bibliography

Issues, effects and implications of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Agreement for CARICOM economies

Includes bibliography

Fondo de integración regional del Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas = A regional integration fund of the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Incluye Bibliografía

Lessons from the NAFTA: some policy recommendations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Includes bibliography

Trade Facilitation as Part of Creating the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

The content of this article is the natural continuation of both FAL Bulletin No. 167 and FAL Bulletin No. 171. FAL Bulletin No. 167 advanced conceptually in the definition of the term trade facilitation and a general explanation of how some international bodies and the FTAA process itself deal with this issue. This month's article expands on the information regarding trade facilitation within the FTAA, which brings together the sizeable number of 34 countries from the Western Hemisphere.Similarly, taking into account that FAL Bulletin No. 171 reported on some progress toward trade facilitation regulations within the framework of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), the current article takes a complementary approach, reporting on developments favourable to trade facilitation in another agreement for economic integration, which basically proposes the creation of a free trade area.

Distribution of phlebotomine fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) across an urban-rural gradient in an area of endemic visceral leishmaniasis in northern Brazil

The number of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases has increased over the past 10 years in Brazil, especially in the North and Northeast regions of the country. The aim of this study was to evaluate the urbanisation of VL vectors in Barcarena, Pará, an area in northern Brazil where VL is endemic. Sandflies were captured using Centers for Disease Control (CDC) light traps along an urban-rural gradient. The CDC traps were installed inside hen houses at a height of 150 cm. A total of 5,089 sandflies were collected and 11 species were identified. The predominant species was Lutzomyia longipalpis (rate of 95.15%), which suggests its participation in the transmission of VL. A total of 1,451 Lu. longipalpis females were dissected and no Leishmania infections were detected. Most of the sandflies were captured at the border of a forest (88.25%) and no flies were captured in the urban area, which suggests that transmission is still restricted to rural sites. However, the fact that a specimen was collected in an intermediate area indicates that urbanisation is a real possibility and that vector monitoring is important.