The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic affects the activities of the food system (food production, processing, distribution, marketing and consumption) and its outcomes —particularly food security and social well-being. The United Nations Secretary-General has drawn attention to the need...

In the context of the rapidly advancing population ageing, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean is currently facing an unprecedented challenge of adapting to the transformed - yet, still evolving - age structure of the population. The paper provides a regional synthesis of the National...

El mundo está ante la encrucijada de avanzar hacia soluciones serias e inmediatas a los grandes problemas que enfrenta o seguir la tendencia en curso hacia una importante crisis social y ambiental.En este libro se señala que, al mismo tiempo que enfrentan desafíos en materia de pobreza,...