Esta publicación de la CEPAL se ha transformado en la principal fuente de información y análisis de la realidad económica de la región y en una de las más consultadas y citadas por interesados, autoridades y expertos, lo que le ha permitido aportar a la formación de un pensamiento, de orientación latinoamericana y caribeña, sobre los desafíos del desarrollo.
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In spite of these risks, ECLAC underscores the positive regional growth figures for 2008. As in recent years, South America will grow more than Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Although the risks mentioned would have a moderate impact in 2008, economic deceleration will likely continue for some time, with which growth rates for Latin America and the Caribbean could reach approximately 4% in 2009.
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Latin America and the Caribbean Continues to Grow, in Spite of Deteriorating International Economic Context. ECLAC report estimates a deceleration in 2009 due to volatility and uncertainty, as well as rising inflation and other factors. Produced by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 2008
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'Every year some 3.4 million people, mostly children, die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene. Over half of the hospital beds in the world are filled with people suffering from water- and sanitation-related diseases.
In 2002, participants in the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, made a commitment to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by the year 2015. The United Nations Deve more...
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Almost one tenth of the global disease burden could be prevented by improving water supply, sanitation, hygiene and management of water resources. WHO 2008.
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‘The Results using household data for ten observations on nine low-income countries show that the short-run impacts of higher staple food prices on poverty differ considerably by commodity and by country, but, that poverty increases are much more frequent, and larger, than poverty reductions. The recent large increases in food prices appear likely to raise overall poverty in low income countries substantially.’
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'This publication, which consists of two parts, underscores the importance of population issues, including reproductive health, as a critical component of national efforts to reduce poverty and achieve the MDGs. The first part highlights key arguments on the benefits to be gained when governments make reproductive health and rights a development priority. The second part includes the 'Stockholm Call to Action', a list of practical ways to invest in reproductive health which was endorsed by a num more...
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