May 2012
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Top 75 proyectos de infraestructura en América... →
Todos los años CG/LA Infrastructure revela durante el Latin American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum, el top de proyectos de infraestructura en Latinoamérica. En el 2011, los proyectos de petróleo y gas, movilidad y energía en Brasil y México fueron los más destacados. En mayo se hará pública la nueva lista que integra por primera vez 100 proyectos, que puede solicitar aquí.
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Mapa: ¿Cuánto estamos usando nuestros recursos...
Cuba y República Dominicana son los países que más usan los recursos hídricos, con un 19,8% y 16,6%, respectivamente. Haga clic en el mapa para visualizar los datos por país.
Fuente de datos: Millennium Development Goals Database, 2000. Visualización: Connectas en ManyEyes
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Towards Rio +20: Water
Leaders, NGOs and governments of 193 countries will meet on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Rio +20 to discuss and shape how to reduce poverty and ensure environmental protection in the world.
Wich are the main topics of the Americas region for Rio +20? Weekly we will share links and data about the seven critical issues stablished by the UN for this meeting: Jobs, energy,...
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ICT in education: mobile learning in the Americas →
While the use of mobile phones is growing rapidly in Latin America, mobile learning initiatives are still in the early stages of development. Know more about real initiatives in the region in this UNESCO’s paper series on mobile learning.
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Data visualization: how many children attend...
Latin America has a high percentage over the average level of assistance to school, according to UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2012 data. Click on the images below to see full information.
Children attending primary school - by region
Compared results from UNICEF shows that women’s attending level to primary school is minor than men, except in Latin America and the...
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Investigação: provas das escolas latino-americanas... →
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Disconnected: education vs. employment realities...
This study addresses the challenges of transition from school to work in Latin America. The gap between what the market demands, the quality of existing education and skills of young people leaving secondary education without the possibility of going to college.
How businessmen or employers value the skills of young people in the workplace? What real jobs opportunities have young people in an...
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Eco-rated papers database: a tool for reducing... →
This database from the WWF helps the paper industry assists paper purchasers in estimating the environmental footprint of the papers they buy — and allows responsible paper producers to demonstrate what they are doing to minimize negative environmental impacts of the papers they sell.
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Counterspill.org: One hundred years of... →
Take a look to this website, winner of the 2012 Webby Award. Good map review and articles about oil, coal and gas disasters in the world.
In the Americas area Counterspill.com reports historic cases like the Chevron-Texaco 18 billion gallons of toxic waste in the ecuadorian amazon, or the -not so remembered - Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, 1989.
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Map: forests in the Americas
This map shows the proportion of land area covered by forest, according to the United Nations Statistics Division (2010). Click on the map to see data.
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Environmental problems: a menace for development
Though the Americas has advanced in development issues, the poorest people face a huge threat to their growth: deforestation and other environmental problems. The latest UNDP Human Development Report (Nov. 2011) addresses the ecological challenges and opportunities of the region and the world to stop poverty. Read
A pesar de que las Américas ha avanzado en temas de desarrollo, los más pobres se...
