Exposición del Sr. Enrique V. Iglesias, Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina en la VIII Reunión Ordinaria del Consejo Latinoamericano del Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA) = Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America, Mr. Enrique V. Iglesias, at the Eighth Regular Session of the Latin American Council of the Latin American Economic System (SELA)

En su exposición el Sr. Iglesias se refiere a la gran crisis de los años ochenta y reflexiona sobre las políticas antirrecesivas: la colaboración internacional y la cooperación regional; y sobre el nuevo enfoque del desarrollo latinoamericano.

Note on Meeting of Council of Ministers of the East Caribbean Common Market

Comentarios sobre la 10a Reunion del Consejo de Ministros del Mercado Comun del Caribe Oriental (MCCO). Incluye en anexos la posicion del MCCO sobre algunos puntos de la agenda

Note on the Tenth Meeting of the CARIFTA Council of Ministers

Comentarios sobre la 10a Reunion del Cosejo de Ministros de CARIFTA. El enfasis estuvo en los siguientes puntos de la agenda: a).la posicion presente y futura de los paises menos desarrollados de CARIFTA en el movimiento de integracion regional; b).la relacion entre los paises de CARIFTA y la Comunidad Economica Europea; c).el Arancel Externo Comun de CARIFTA y d).finalizacion del Esquema para Armonizacion de Incentivos Fiscales a la Industria

Main conclusions of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Council of Ministers Special Session, Montego Bay, 7-10 July 1980

Nota sobre la Reunion Especial del Consejo de Ministros del Grupo ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) sobre cooperacion intra ACP.

The Council of Ministers of the European Union After the Lisbon Treaty

The Treaty of Lisbon has brought remarkable changes and innovations to the European Union. As far as the Council of Ministers of the European Union (“the Council” hereinafter) is concerned, there are two significant innovations: double qualified majority voting and new rotating Presidency scheme, which are considered to make the working of the Council more efficiently, stably and consistently. With the modification relating to other key institutions, the Commission and the European Parliament, and with certain procedures being re-codified, the power of the Council varies accordingly, where the inter-institutional balance counts for more research. As the Council is one of the co-legislatures of the Union, the legislative function of it would be probably influenced, positively or negatively, by the internal innovations and the inter-institutional re-balance. Has the legislative function of the Council been reinforced or not? How could the Council better reach its functional goal designed by the Treaties’ drafter? How to evaluate the Council’s evolution after Lisbon Treaty in the light of European integration? This thesis is attempting to find the answers by analyzing two main internal innovations and inter-institutional re-balance thereinafter.

Welfare Lobby Groups responding to Globalisation: A Comparison of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and the UK Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)

The past decade has witnessed a period of intense economic globalisation. The growing significance of international trade, investment, production and financial flows appears to be curtailing the autonomy of individual nation states. In particular, globalisation appears to be encouraging, if not demanding, a decline in social spending and standards. However, many authors believe that this thesis ignores the continued impact of national political and ideological pressures and lobby groups on policy outcomes. In particular, it has been argued that national welfare consumer and provider groups remain influential defenders of the welfare state. For example, US aged care groups are considered to be particularly effective defenders of social security pensions. According to this argument, governments engaged in welfare retrenchment may experience considerable electoral backlash (Pierson 1996; Mishra 1999). Yet, it is also noted that governments can take action to reduce the impact of such groups by reducing their funding, and their access to policy-making and consultation processes. These actions are then justified on the basis of removing potential obstacles to economic competitiveness (Pierson 1994; Melville 1999).