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Renewable energy sources in Latin America and the Caribbean: situation and policy proposals
(ECLAC, 2004-05-19)
The World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, August 2002, responded to a new cycle of global meetings that began with the Millennium Summit. The main characteristic of this new cycle is that the focus ...
Distributive impact of public policy
(ECLACGIZ, 2011)
The chronic inequality that characterized Latin America and the Caribbean has its roots not only in the region’s history but also in a pattern of development and modernization that perpetuated the socio-economic gaps. Very ...
A study on energy issues in the Caribbean: potential for mitigating climate change
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2009-12-03)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is seeking to provide support to the Governments of Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados in researching the potential for employing renewable energy ...
The contribution of biofuels to the sustainability of development in Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2008-12)
Given the increasing difficulty of ensuring the supply of crude oil and oil products, and the sharp increase in their prices, biofuels programmes in the developed countries-particularly the United States and the European ...
Productive development in open economies
(ECLAC, 2004-06-18)
Presentation
The countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region have shown a keen
and lasting interest in mechanisms of economic development and public policies for its
promotion. This is a process in which ECLAC ...
Population, social equity and changing production patterns
(CEPAL, 1993-09)
Introduction
In accordance with the guidelines and mandates
it has received from member Governments, the secretariat of the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean has
focused in recent years on the analysis ...
The employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recovery of employment: towards a sustainable model
(ECLACILO, 2010-12)
The adverse effects on Latin America and the Caribbean of the global economic and financial crisis, the worst since the 1930s, have been considerably less than was once feared. Although a run of growth was cut short in ...
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2009-2010: The distributive impact of public policies
(ECLAC, 2010-11)
In 2009, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean suffered the onslaught of the global financial crisis and, as a result, the region's GDP shrank by 1.9%. In the second half of the year, however, most of the region's ...
An assessment of fiscal and regulatory barriers to deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in Belize
(ECLAC, 2013-11)
Belize is currently faced with several critical challenges associated with the production, distribution and use of energy. Despite an abundance of renewable energy resources, the country remains disproportionately dependent ...
Investment and economic reform in Latin America
(ECLAC, 2001-05)
Foreword At the start of the new decade,the debate on economic policy centres on the consequence of the reforms implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean in the last two decades. Trade and financial liberalization ...