Climate services: A tool for adaptation to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean: Action plan and case study applications.
Dec 2014
Author(s): Miralles-Wilhelm, Fernando;Muñoz Castillo, Raúl
A variable and changing climate where uncertainties exist regarding its future extremes requires better quantity, quality and accessible information that support planning and decision-making…
Mainstreaming Gender in Rural Development Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dec 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This technical note provides guidance for project managers and policy makers to integrate a gender perspective in rural development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It provides a…
Synopsis Mainstreaming Gender in Urban Housing Projects
Dec 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have seen an increase in the number of poor households in temporary urban settlements characterized by informal land tenure. That increase provides the context…
Gender in Maternal and Reproductive Health: Synopsis
Dec 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Maternal, reproductive, and newborn health (MRNH) is a key determinant of the opportunities that women and their children will have in life. MRNH includes a woman's right to safely bear children…
Mainstreaming Gender in Urban Renewal Projects: Synopsis
Dec 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Urban renewal programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are designed to improve the quality of life of low-income residents improvements in water and sanitation, social services,…
Best Practices In Chemical Management for Textile Manufacturing
Dec 2014
Author(s): Cahn, Doug;Clifford, Robert
The apparel industry in Haiti is poised to move beyond the "cut and sew" processes which have characterized its operations to the present time. Chemical usage has largely been limited to…
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 1: Series Introduction
Dec 2014
Author(s): Gargiulo, Carlos
This series of notes summarizes work performed by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean under the Project on Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools, a Technical Cooperation on Regional…
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 3: Public-Private Partnerships in School Infrastructure in Latin America
Dec 2014
Author(s): López Corral, Antonio M.
The objective of this chapter is to provide the tools needed to support the governments of Latin American countries in assessing potential operations and opportunities that can be carried out as PPPs…
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 4: Public-Private Partneships in School Infrastructure in the Caribbean
Dec 2014
Author(s): Livingston, Nicholas
Several Caribbean countries are now considering the use of PPPs to modernize their infrastructure and improve the delivery of public services, with Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago currently providing…
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 5: Environmental Audit and Comfort Levels in Educational Institutions
Dec 2014
Author(s): San Juan, Gustavo;Hoses, Santiago;Martini, Irene
The study of comfort levels considers the factors that affect the balance between the body and its environment in buildings in order to ensure that these living spaces -in this case, classrooms- fall…
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 6: Norms and Costs of School Infrastructure
Dec 2014
Author(s): Gargiulo, Carlos;Bardone, Andrea
As a general rule, regional educational systems have dissimilar school building patters, with manu dating back to the 19th, or buildings that have responded to various architectural, pedagogical, as…
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 7: Maintenance of School Buildings
Dec 2014
Author(s): Treves, Alberto
This chapter contains information, criteria, and ideas compiled during direct interactions with public officials working in the fields of education and school building in Argentina, Barbados, the…
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 8: Disaster Risk Management in School Systems
Dec 2014
Author(s): Ulloa, Fernando
This note provides a brief explanation of the basic concepts related to disaster risk management. The primary threats and conditions of vulnerability to disasters will be detailed, with a focus on…
Analysis of Public Spending: An Evaluation Methodology for Measuring the Efficiency of Brazilian State Spending on Education
Dec 2014
Author(s): Boueri, Rogério;Mac Dowell, Maria Cristina;Pineda, Emilio;Bastos, Fabiano
This study uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate the efficiency of state public education systems in Brazil. State government spending on education and state gross domestic product are…
Gender and Renewable Energy: Wind, Solar, Geothermal and Hydroelectric Energy
Nov 2014
Author(s): Marcos Morezuelas, Paloma
This document focuses on how to incorporate a gender perspective in operations that support the construction, operation and maintenance of medium- and large-scale renewable wind, solar, geothermal…
When to Protect? Using the Crosswise Model to Integrate Protected and Direct Responses in Surveys of Sensitive Behavior
Nov 2014
Author(s): Gingerich, Daniel
The applied social sciences have witnessed a growing use of sensitive survey techniques (SSTs) to study the relationship between facets of an individuals background and his propensity to engage in…
Guarantees for Green Markets: Potential and Challenges
Nov 2014
Author(s): Aldana, Marco;Braly-Cartillier, Isabelle;Shuford, Laura Susanne
This publication outlines the challenges of investing in low-carbon and climate-resilient technologies and activities in Latin America and the Caribbean. It explores how guarantees can respond to…
U.S. Free Trade Agreements and Enforcement of Labor Law in Latin America
Nov 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dewan, Sabina;Ronconi, Lucas
This paper analyzes whether Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed between the United States and Latin American countries during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The…
The Energy Sector in Belize
Nov 2014
Author(s): Gischler, Christiaan;Rodriguez, Enrique;Rojas Sánchez, Laura;Gonzalez Torres, Camila;Servetti, Gianmarco;Olson, Lars
Belize faces declining petroleum production as well as electricity costs that are among the highest in Central America. Although it is dependent on Mexico for over 30 percent of electricity supply,…
Country Program Evaluation: Jamaica 2009-2014
Nov 2014
Author(s): Schijman, Agustina;Khadr, Ali;Huppi, Monika;Marto, Ricardo;Buitrago, Paola;Freeman, Peter;Florimon, Andrea
This document presents an evaluation by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Country Program of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB, or the Bank) with Jamaica over the period 2009…