themtogiveenoughpriority toprospective medium-term andlong-term studies. Suchstudies haveparticular relevance inthecontext oftheimplementation ofthe forthcoming international development strategy attheregional level. 33.74 Withregardtostatistics andquantitative analysis, theobjective ofthe subprogramme istopromote theimprovement andharmonization ofregional statistics through theadoption ofinternational statistical classifications andthe acceptance oftherecommendations oftheUnitedNations Statistical Commission. -20- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library33.75 Withregardtoeconomic projections, theobjective ofthesubprogramrne isto helpthecountries oftheregiontodefineappropriate strategies forachieving sustained economic growthwithequity. (b)Courseofaction oftheSecretariat 33.76 Theachievement ofthesUbprogramme's objectives intheareaofstatistics andquantitative analysis willbebasedonthefollowing ongoing activities: (a)Gathering, organizing, evaluating anddisseminating, inaneasily understandable andtimely form,reliable andcomparable statistics forthe countries ofLatinAmerica andtheCaribbean andfortheregion asawhole, concerning thefollowing topical areas: national accounts, foreign tradeand external financing, prices, industry, energy, agriculture, services, public and private sectors andsocial anddemographic development. Thestatistics onexternal debt,industry, agriculture, mining, population, employment andincomedistribution willhavebeenconsiderably expanded. Moreover, particular attention willbegiven totheHousehold SurveyDataBank,sothatthemainhomogeneous variables willbe available online; (b)Promotion ofthetransfer ofthosecomputational technologies thatare mostconsistent withthetechnical andfinancial capacity ofthecountries; (c)Widedissemination oftherecommendations anddecisions oftheUnited Nations Statistical Commission. Anattempt willbemadetoreachthegreatest numberofexternal users,providing thematthesametimewithanupdated viewof theavailable statistical methods andcomputational technology, sothatbyusing theinformation forprospective studies andtheformulation of.policies theywill helpsupport government initiatives aimedatmodernizing national statistical systems; (d)Substantive support forthecountries tomakemaximum useofthe: potential forco-operation inthefieldofstatistical development. 33.77Inthefieldofeconomic projections, theSecretariat willundertake the following activities: (a)Investigation andanalysis ofthesocio-economic trendsintheregionby exam1n1ng thenational,subregional, regional andinternational studies emanating fromthevarious bodies andforums; development ofeconomic andsocialprojections thatwillserveasaquantitative basisfortherequired prospective studies; (b)Technical support togroupsofLatinAmerican representatives to international organizations, andcontinued representation ofECLACintheCommittee forDevelopment Planning andtheworking teamsonmedium-term andlong-term objectives oftheUnited Nations Administrative Committee onCo-ordination; (c)Provision ofservices astechnical secretariat tothemeetings ofthe ECLACCommittee ofHigh-level Government Experts; (d)Development ofnewmethodological toolsandreformulation ofthe analytical schemes onwhichtheexisting models arebased, anddissemination of thesethrough technical assistance missions orpublication oftechnical documents tobedistributed tothecorresponding national bodies; -21- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library(e)Advisory assistance toMemberStatesattheirrequest intheformulation ofnational policies, plans, programmes andprojections; (f)Support tothesubstantive divisions andunitsoftheSecretariat in periodic evaluations oftheforthcoming international development strategy. SUBPROGRAMME 11.TRANSPORT (a)Objectives 33.78 Thelegislative authority forthissubprogramme derives fromEconomic Commission forLatinAmeric andtheCaribbean resolution 356(XVI)andthejoint resolution oftheexecutive headsoftheregional commissions, adopted attheir
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the implementation of a regional development strategy, focusing on statistical analysis and economic projections. It mentions the gathering of statistics, promotion of computational technologies, and provision of technical support to countries. The text also touches on the development of economic and social projections, as well as the provision of advisory assistance to Member States. This suggests that the document is related to economic development and planning.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade