Regional integration and the issue of choosing an appropriate exchange-rate regime in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Gender-based violence: a human rights issue

Includes bibliography

How domestic violence came to be viewed as a public issue and policy object

Includes bibliography

The issue of special status for island developing countries

Includes bibliography

Effective water governance in the Americas: a key issue

Includes bibliography

e-Health in Peru: an emerging issue

Includes bibliography

Road safety: a priority issue for the United Nations

This issue of the Bulletin deals with road safety, which has become an urgent worldwide problem. Given the fact that road accidents are increasing, that they affect the planet's most vulnerable population (namely the lowest income groups in developing countries) and that this is becoming a genuine public health crisis, the United Nations has decided that it is urgent to address the matter. The World Health Organization (WHO) has therefore dedicated the World Health Day 2004 to road safety.Given the urgent need for action, the Chiefs of Transport of the five Regional Economic Commissions of the United Nations held a meeting in Geneva (September 2004), where they agreed to reinforce the studies and projects carried out in this area.Below is a summary of various information sources and initiatives adopted to assess and tackle this modern epidemic and offers a pessimistic outlook for 2020, when road traffic crashes will constitute the third cause of death unless serious action is taken from today.

ECLAC Notes Nº 53. Special Issue

Special Issue: 50th Anniversary of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - ECLAC Population Division. A Region Where Fewer Children Are Born. Challenges and Opportunities of Moving Elsewhere. Opinion by ECLAC's Executive Secretary, José Luis Machinea. The Latin American and Caribbean Population Challenge. CELADE Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary. Highlights. A New Look at the Population Pyramid Death and Inequality. Recent titles. Calendar of Events

ECLAC Notes. Special Issue

Special Issue: Preserving the Multilateral Trading System: An Evaluation of Doha The Underlying Reasons Uncertain Status of Initiatives for Developing Countries Hong Kong Ministerial Accord on Export Subsidies Main Differences in Agriculture The Perfect is Enemy of the Good Obstacles to Negotiating Access to Agricultural Product Markets Multilateralism, the Main Casualty The Benefits of the WTO Importance of Renewing Negotiations for Latin America