PUBLICATIONS
Caregiving in Action: Between Rights and Work
(July 2010)
Authors: Sonia Montaño Virreira and Coral Calderón
Magaña (Coordinators), Cuadernos de la CEPAL
Analysis of the economics of caregiving – of children, older persons, people with disabilities and the ill –
and women’s workload to sustain it, impeding the full equality of men and women in the labour
market.
Social Spending on Housing and Urban
Development
(July 2010)
Authors: Raquel Szalachman and María Paz Collinao, Environment and
Development Series
Historical overview of spending on housing and urban development in the region, with an analysis of the
efficiency and effectiveness of public policies, comparing the needs of the population with the efforts of the
State to satisfy them.
The Incorporation of Digital Technologies in Education.
Models to Identify Good Practices
(July 2010)
Author: Magdalena Claro, Projects Document
Analysis of good practices in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in education in
order to understand the conditions under which educational centers and teachers can attain good results with
them.
Author: Evangelina García Prince, Women and Development Series
Overview of the factors that have contributed to constitutional, legal and institutional progress on gender
equality and non-discrimination in women’s citizen rights
Conditional Transfer Programmes, Social Policies and Combating
Poverty in Panama
(June 2010)
Author: Alexis Rodríguez Mojica, Social Policies Series
Study of the changes in social policy and poverty reduction in Panama as a result of conditional transfer
programmes in Panama.
Author: Patricio Frías Fernández, Macroeconomics of Development Series
General overview of the role of labour unions and collective bargaining in labour markets in the context of
global economic crisis.
Gender Perspective in Labour Institutions and Labour Market
Policies in Latin America
(June 2010)
Author: Roxana Maurizio, Macroeconomics of Development Series
Study of labour institutions and labour market policies in Latin America from a gender perspective, analyzing
their strengths and weaknesses and assessing to what extent they help eliminate all forms of
discrimination.
Authors: Georgina Cipoletta Tomassian, Gabriel Pérez Salas and Ricardo J.
Sánchez, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Series
Study on good practices of integrated policies in infrastructure, transportation and logistics as an
interconnected system applied in different parts of the world.
Indicators of Public Policies on Energy Efficiency in
Latin America and the Caribbean
(May 2010)
Author: Luiz Augusto Horta (Coordinator), Projects Document
Proposal of tools for assessing energy efficiency programmes, including indicators of energy intensity.
Comparative Analysis of Programmes for Older Persons in
Mexico
(May 2010)
Authors: Gloria M. Rubio and Francisco Garfias, Social Policies Series