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Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Pilla, Ernani

This report was produced by The Wildlife Conservation Society and Forest Trends. This report begins by providing a short overview of biodiversity offset principles and their development in the…

Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Schneider, Robert;Diewald, Christoph;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette

In LAC the principal sources of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are land use change and agricultural activities, particularly cattle ranching (methane emissions) on converted land and natural…

Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Corrales, Maria Elena;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Medieta, María Paula;Morales, Carlos;Suarez, David

In the global context, LAC is one of the regions known to produce the lowest levels of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from the transformation and use of energy. Levels of GHG in LAC represent 5% of…

Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Ashwill, Maximillian;Alvarez Prado, Lourdes

The frequency of natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, and earthquakes, is increasing in LAC as in the rest of the world. During the 1960s and 1970s, fewer than 20 disasters…

Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth;Quintanilla, Oscar;Linares, Ana María

Between 2000 and 2009, emissions from transport in the Region increased by 12% on a per capita basis, while increasing less than 2% globally. Although per capita emissions in LAC are still low…

Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Marto, Ricardo;Alvarez, Lourdes;Suarez, David

Despite the many differences among Caribbean nations, Climate Change (CC) poses a serious threat to them all. Average temperatures in the Region have increased by 0.1° to 0.2°C per decade over the…

Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Pittaluga, Lucía

Desde hace algunos años, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha estado apoyando a Programas de Apoyo a los Clusters, en su mayoría en el Cono Sur. La presente consultoría analizó qué…

Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Pittaluga, Lucía

Desde hace algunos años, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha estado apoyando a Programas de Apoyo a los Clusters, en su mayoría en el Cono Sur. La presente consultoría analizó qué…

Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2014 third quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: Οκτ 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Women and young men are the groups most affected by violence in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC). While ur-ban violence is predominant among males, the level of vio-lence against women (VAW) is…