Programa de trabajo estadístico internacional para América Latina y el Caribe, 1995-1996: Subprograma 2: estadísticas e indicadores del medio ambiente = Programme of international statistical work for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1995-1996: Subprogramme 2: activities in the field of environment statistics and indicators

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Collection and uses of hydrological and hydrometeorological data for system operation and planning

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A brief overview of UNFPA experience in Latin America and the Caribbean in poverty statistics and measurement

Includes bibliography

Poverty statistics and measurement in Africa

Includes bibliography

Cultural statistics and poverty

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Report of the International Meeting on Gender Statistics and Indicators for Measuring the Incidence of and Trends in Violence Against Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The International Meeting on Gender Statistics and Indicators for Measuring the Incidence of and Trends in Violence against Women in Latin America and the Caribbean met from 21 to 23 November 2001 in La Paz, Bolivia. The meeting was attended by statisticians and specialists in gender studies on violence against women from various countries of the region, specialists of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations as well as international cooperation agencies. Once the group work sessions had concluded, the specialists adopted a series of political and technical recommendations addressed to national statistical institutes, national Women's offices, victim services, Women's organizations and international cooperation agencies.

Evaluation of CARBIB and CARCAT data bases

La evaluacion de las bases de datos CARBIB y CARCAT cubre areas tales como: formatos de intercambio, compatibilidad, cobertura tematica y geografica, tipo de documento a ingresar en relacion con su origen; y valor potencial para la region.

Report of Colloquium on Statistics and the New Technologies

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The urban poor in Brazil in 1996: a new poverty profile using PPV, PNAD and census data

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Big data and open data as sustainability tools: A working paper prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

The two main forces affecting economic development are the ongoing technological revolution and the challenge of sustainability. Technological change is altering patterns of production, consumption and behaviour in societies; at the same time, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ensure the sustainability of these new patterns because of the constraints resulting from the negative externalities generated by economic growth and, in many cases, by technical progress itself. Reorienting innovation towards reducing or, if possible, reversing the effects of these externalities could create the conditions for synergies between the two processes. Views on the subject vary widely: while some maintain that these synergies can easily be created if growth follows an environmentally friendly model, summarized in the concept of green growth, others argue that production and consumption patterns are changing too slowly and that any technological fix will come too late. These considerations apply to hard technologies, essentially those used in production. The present document explores the opportunities being opened up by new ones, basically information and communication technologies, in terms of increasing the effectiveness (outcomes) and efficiency (relative costs) of soft technologies that can improve the way environmental issues are handled in business management and in public policy formulation and implementation.