| (02 April 2008) A leading reference source for social, economic and environmental information on the region, the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2007, produced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), is now available on ECLAC's webpage. The digital version of this annual publication can be viewed here. It contains selected charts and tables that provide a broad view of statistical information for Latin America and the Caribbean. Additional material with statistics and indicators dating back to 1980 is available in Excel and can be downloaded here. The 2007 edition of the Statistical Yearbook is designed to respond to the needs of users seeking accurate, updated data on the socio-economic and environmental situation of the Latin American and Caribbean countries, and responds to growing interest in progress on UN Millennium Development Goals. The Yearbook is divided into four chapters: Chapter one covers demographic and social areas, with special attention to gender; Chapter two presents basic economic information, including production, prices, international trade, balance of payments and national accounts; Chapter three provides information on natural resources and the environment, in response to increasing regional and international interest in sustainable development; and Chapter four provides readers with methodological and other data on sources, definitions and coverage of the statistics cited.
The digital version of the Statistical Yearbook 2007 can be viewed on the ECLAC Statistics and Economic Projections Division website at: http://websie.eclac.cl/anuario_estadistico/anuario_2007 or at this link. An interview with Luis Beccaria, Director of ECLAC's Statistics and Economic Projections Division, about the yearbook is available at this link. For more information about the Yearbook, contact Luis Beccaria at e-mail: luis.beccaria cepal.org ; tel: (56-2) 210-2633. The print version of this document is forthcoming. |
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