ECLAC: towards a new information system

Evalua las operaciones y eficiencia del servicio de informaciones de la CEPAL en Santiago. Recomienda medidas practicas para reforzar las comunicaciones internas y externas de la CEPAL, llegar mas a conocimiento del publico, y elevar la imagen de la institucion en America Latina, el Caribe, Estados Unidos y Europa.

Environment within the ECLAC system = Medio ambiente en el sistema de la CEPAL

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Estudio del sistema hídrico Tinajones, Lambayeque-Perú: resumen = Study of the Tinajones water system, Lambayeque-Peru: summary

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The Chilean system of contributory pensions as locus of rivalry and of a new social compact

This study assesses the contributory pension system in Chile and offers some recommendations for reform, from the viewpoint of social rights that generate expectations of satisfaction. The primary objective of any pension system is to provide income security to the elderly, and contributory pensions must reflect the savings achieved throughout working life in order to guarantee that, for similar levels of effort, similar and proportionate protection will be obtained.

Toward a system of basic cash transfers for children and older persons: An estimation of efforts, impacts and possibilities in Latin America

This paper seeks to estimate the costs and impacts of expanding the coverage and improving the quality of cash transfers to older people and to families with younge children in the countries of Latin America.