Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by around 5% this year, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Despite substantial improvement over the last quarter-century, the region continues to show less dynamism than the rest of the developing world. Argentina, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela take the lead. (Executive summary and chapter I)
This document served as the basis for discusions at the Ibero-American Meeting on Migration and Development, which took place in Madrid from 18 to 19 July. It was presented by the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division of the ECLAC. The topics discussed at the meeting were the major issues on the migration agenda, including human rights. (Document in Spanish)
The Millennium Development Goals Report is based on a master set of data that has been compiled by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN Secretariat. This year report presents the latest assessment on how far Member States have come, and how far they have to go in reaching the MDGs, in each of the world’s regions
The Euro-African Ministerial Conference on migration and development, proposed initially by Morocco and Spain with an active support of France, ended on 11 July in Rabat after adopting a final declaration and a plan of action advocating a partnership for an optimal management of migratory flows in a spirit of shared responsibility
This report of the Pew Global Attitudes Project on Muslim factor in Europe highlights that Muslims living in Europe worry about their future, but their concern is more economic than religious or cultural. Many say they have had a bad experience as a result of their religion or ethnicity. However, they do not generally believe most Europeans are hostile toward people of their faith
The WESS is a publication of the UN Development Policy and Analysis Division (DPAD), which provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and negative impact of corresponding policies. Diverging growth and development is the theme of 2006 report, which shows that in the industrialized world the income level over the last five decades has grown steadily. This has not occurred in many developing countries, thereby causing a rise in already high world inequality
UNODC's 2006 World Drug Report provides one of the most comprehensive overviews of illicit drug trends at the international level. The analysis of trends, some going back 10 years or more, is presented in Volume 1. Detailed statistics are presented in Volume 2. Taken together, these volumes provide the most up-to-date view of today's illicit drug situation
