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Labour issues in the digital economy
(CEPAL, 2017-08)
Digital work platforms are transforming labor markets around the world. Firms that own, manage and deploy these work platforms have reframed employer–worker relations by defining their core business as the provision of the ...
A study on applicability of biotechnology to development in the Caribbean opportunities and risks
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2010-12-29)
The present study analyzes the potential opportunities and risks involved in employing biotechnologies in
the Caribbean region. This information would support developmental policies in the areas of food
security, climate ...
Agricultural transformation and Gender considerations in Caribbean Economics
(2005-12-30)
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the gender and social disparities existing in the
agricultural and rural sector in Caribbean economies. In this context, agricultural transformation as
occasioned by the ...
The role of insurance in social protection
(2003-12)
Social protection systems have to cope with large
discrepancies between the financing needed to cover demand
and the resources actually available. For this reason, it is
necessary for any reform proposal to include elements ...
Two stops in today's new global geographies: shaping novel labor supplies and employment regimes
(ECLAC, 2008-06)
Across the centuries, the international division of labor has included a variety of translocal circuits for the mobility of labor and capital (Wallerstein 1974; Froebel et al. 1980; Potts 1990; Silver 2003; Koo 2001; Aneesh ...
Climate Change and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Overview 2009
(ECLAC, 2009-11)
In recent years, the problem of climate change has captured an unprecedented level of attention. This has mobilized the international community to agree on mitigation actions, boosted technological innovation efforts to ...
Millennium development goals: progress towards the right to health in Latin america and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2008-08)
Enormous differences in health within and between countries intertwine closely with degrees of social disadvantage, and when People's health is at the mercy of their individual situations, health-care inequalities can ...
Summit of the Americas 1994-2009: selected indicators
(ECLAC, 2009-04)
ForewordThe present document was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for consideration by the Heads of State and Government at the fifth Summit of the Americas. It provides an ...