The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) has just published the “Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2009.” This annual publication is one of the leading sources of statistical information on the region and contains social, economic and environmental data.
The report is divided into four sections, which focus on:
-Demographic and social aspects, with [...]
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has just published the report “Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean.” The study forecasts that if no international agreement is reached to mitigate the effects of climate change, the overall cost to Latin America and the Caribbean could be equivalent to [...]
The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has just launched the report, “The Social Panorama of Latin America 2009.” The study links trends in poverty and income distribution with social protection systems, placing special emphasis on how these systems have responded to the social impacts of the current crisis and on [...]
A new study commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and titled “Global Financial Turmoil and Emerging Market Economies: Major Contagion and a Shocking Loss of Wealth?“ has just been launched. The paper reviews the origins of the current crisis and its impact on emerging market economies, focusing mainly on Developing Asia, the NICs and [...]
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has just published the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2008. It’s one of the leading sources of statistical information on the region, and contains social, economic and environmental data from the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It comprises four chapters: [...]
