Download or read book The Sustainability of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document is adopted from The Latin America and Caribbean Regional Preparatory Conference for the Wordl Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in October 2001. It seeks to present an overview of the progress made towards sustainable development since the Earth summit and an assessment of the challenges and opportunities that should be taken into account with a view to the adoption of future measures.