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Urban segregation and school backwardness in Rio de Janeiro
(2008-04)
This article analyses a dimension that is almost completely absentfrom studies on the socio-territorial mechanisms that reproduce inequalitiesin Brazil: differences in the risk of school backwardness among childrenand young ...
Brazil's emergence at the regional export leader in services: a case specialization in business services
(ECLAC, 2009-10)
Brazil has been the most dynamic country of Latin America and the Caribbean in global services trade in the 1990s and 2000s, but compared to other emerging economies elsewhere it is outperformed by China and India. Brazil's ...
Socio-economic vulnerability to natural disasters in Mexico: rural poor, trade and public response
(ECLAC, 2007-11)
The increasing frequency and economic losses from natural disasters within the framework of decreasing agricultural prices is becoming crucial in increasing poverty in the Mexican rural economy. During the past two decades, ...
Landlocked countries in South America: transport system challenges
(ECLAC, 2009-03)
This report analyses the current state of the landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) Bolivia and Paraguay. The report analyses the traditional topics (1) infrastructure at national level and connectivity towards adjacent ...
Gender differences in workplace choices under crisis conditions
(2013-12)
Working from home is an option that differs from other forms of employment. This
type of employment is driven not only by globalization and outsourcing, but also by
unequal gender relationships within the home. Two ...
A glance at member countries of the Mesoamerica Integration and Development Project
(ECLAC, 2019-08-22)
This document is a contribution of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the information collection and the deliberations of the “XVII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Tuxtla ...
Bridging infrastructural gaps in Central America: prospects and potential for maritime transport
(ECLAC, 2005-09)
Abstract Central America needs a regular, flexible, safe and affordable infrastructure and transport services in order to prevail over the existing bottlenecks and constrained intra-regional trade patterns. This need ...
India and Latin America and the Caribbean: opportunities and challenges in trade and investment relations
(ECLAC, 2011-11)
India and Latin America and the Caribbean, together with China, are the world's new growth poles. Economies in developing Asia, led by China and India, are growing three times as fast as the industrialized countries. Latin ...