Implementation of the Mandates of the I V Summit of the Americas

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Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean
Implementation of the Mandates of the I V Summit
of the Americas
XLV Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review
Group Thursday, March 29, 2007
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean
Growth with Employment (Declaration Mandates 4,
7, 11, 13)

• Much of the Commissions work in this area has
  consisted of monitoring economic developments in
  order to perform its role as one of the leading
  sources of comparable information for the region,
  including the following outputs
• Publications
• Economic Survey of Latin America and the
  Caribbean (Aug. 2006)
• Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin
  America and the Caribbean (Dec. 2006)
• Foreign Investment in Latin America and the
  Caribbean (Apr. 2006)
• Social Panorama of Latin America (Nov. 2006)
• Cohesión social inclusión y sentido de
  pertenencia en América Latina y el Caribe (Jan.
  2007)
• Projects/Activities
• Strengthening the Capacity of Latin America and
  Caribbean Countries to Fulfill the Millennium
  Development Goals
• Regional Seminar National Statistics Offices
  and the Millennium Development Goals A New Look
  Chile, (Nov. 06)

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Summit of the Americas
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean
Growth with Employment (Plan of Action Mandate 36)

• Publication
• Aglomeraciones en torno a los recursos naturales
  en América Latina y el Caribe Políticas de
  articulación y articulación de políticas
• Collaborations with
• ICA to create OSILAC,
• IICA to develop a four year Plan Agro monitoring
  plan
• FAO to report on importance of aviculture and its
  linkages with the economies of the countries in
  the region at the Hemispheric Conference on the
  Surveillance and Prevention of Avian Influenza.

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Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean
Jobs to Fight Poverty (Declaration Mandate 35)
Publications Shaping the Future of Social
Protection Access, Financing and Solidarity
(March 2006) International Migration, Human
Rights and Development in Latin America and the
Caribbean (March 2006)
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean
Creating Decent Work (Plan of Action Mandate 22 )

• Projects/Activities
• ECLAC has developed the System of
  Socio-demographic Indicators for Indigenous
  Populations and Peoples (SISPPI)
• Improving Caribbean Household Surveys
• ECLAC continues to generate gender indicators,
  providing the resulting data via the web. ECLAC
  has also developed a technical assistance guide
  for the production and use of gender indicators.

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Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean
Indigenous populations of Latin America infant
mortality, 2000 census.
JSWG Implementation of the Mandates of the IV
Summit of the Americas