Author: Patricio RozasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer protection
Languages : es
Pages : 84
Book Description
Las debilidades del marco regulatorio eléctrico en materia de los derechos del consumidor
Author: Patricio RozasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer protection
Languages : es
Pages : 84
Book Description
ECLAC Notes
Author: Urban Consensus
Author: Joan Mac DonaldPublisher: UN
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Latin American and Caribbean Regional Plan of Action on Human Settlements was agreed at the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in 1995. It was considered that the Plan seems to remain fully valid in its aim of achieving sustainable progress in human settlements by integrating a variety of development dimensions. It was, though, felt that the plans effectiveness was limited due to inherent vagueness. The current text elaborates and attempts to clarify the 5 main thematic areas that the Regional Plan of Action identified. Those 5 areas can be summarised as follows: obstacles posed by poverty; the necessity for human settlements to become more productive; concern for the urban environment and vulnerability; the need to consolidate governance; and the need to enhance the efficiency of housing sector policies
Mining in Latin America in the Late 1990's
Author: Fernando Sánchez AlbaveraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This report analyzes the factors that have determined the flow of investments in mining operations in Latin America. It also evaluates the extent of such investments in the 1990s. This publication consists of six sections. The first section examines investment flows into the mining sector in the light of changes in the composition of external financing in the 1990s. The second and third sections catalogue the main changes noted in the treatment of foreign direct investment and in the mining legislation of countries in the region. The fourth section contains a review of changes in trade and tax regimes and a comparison of the impact of taxation on investment decisions. The fifth section looks at the policies adopted by countries in the region, which created a favorable environment for foreign investment. The sixth and final section covers the variation in projected exploration costs of mining operators, the effective value of actual investments and the investment projections at the start of the new millennium.
Trade and Maritime Transport Between Africa and South America
Author: Jan HoffmanPublisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Trade between Africa and South America is of relatively minor importance for the region, with more than half of all trade accounted for by just ten specific bilateral flows in petroleum, grain, iron ore, coal and sugar. The report concluded that trade patterns are the main factor in determining the supply of transport services, and that where there is a demand for transport, no fundamental shortage of shipping services can be identified. The low level of trade is found to be due to historical reasons, the lack of preferential trade agreements between the two regions, and because their economies do not necessarily complement each other.
Trade Liberalization and Industrial Pollution in Brazil
Author: Claudio FerrazPublisher: Santiago, Chile : United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, División de Medio Ambiente y Asentamientos Humanos
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This paper attempts to estimate the effect of trade liberalisation on the industrial structure and pattern of pollution emissions in Brazil. An input-output approach is used to estimate the value of production and potential pollution intensity estimates are undertaken using the industrial pollution projection system. The findings show that the aggregate intensity of pollutant emission has decreased for the whole industrial sector, but for the export sector, the pollution intensity has been increasing after trade liberalisation.
Sustainable Human Settlements Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Lucy WinchesterPublisher: Santiago, Chile : Naciones Unidas
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
United Nations Documents Index
Author: Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
A Systems Approach to Sustainability and Sustainable Development
Author: Gilberto C. GallopínPublisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211213980
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
This document discusses the concept of sustainability and sustainable development, introducing the various theoretical perspectives used in literature. It identifies the determinants of sustainability and explains issues such as the availability of resources, adaptability/flexibility, homeostasis, capacity of response, self-reliance, and empowerment. The relationship between sustainability, development, non-development, and mal-development, is illustrated with the aid of diagrams, and the alternative paths towards sustainable development are identified.
Environmental Law in Developing Countries
Author: Marianela Cedeño BonillaPublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831708188
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This book contains a selection of papers on various legal issues of interest to developing countries which have been prepared by Fellows from InWent who came to Germany between 2002 and 2004 from Africa, Asia, and Latin America to research and write about subjects of their choice at the IUCN Environmental Law Centre.