Water in the Time of Drought II: Lessons from Droughts around the World
Jul 2021
Author(s): Ortiz, Raphaëlle;Núñez, Anamaría;Cathala, Corinne;Rios, Ana R.;Nalesso, Mauro
Esta nota técnica es una actualización del documento anterior “El agua en tiempos de sequía: Lecciones de cinco sequías alrededor del mundo”, publicado en 2018. Explora situaciones y políticas de…
El agua en tiempos de sequía II: lecciones de sequías alrededor del mundo
Jul 2021
Author(s): Ortiz, Raphaëlle;Núñez, Anamaría;Cathala, Corinne;Rios, Ana R.;Nalesso, Mauro
Esta nota técnica es una actualización del documento anterior “El agua en tiempos de sequía: Lecciones de cinco sequías alrededor del mundo”, publicado en 2018. Explora situaciones y políticas de…
Conexión INTAL No. 257: Enero, 2018
Feb 2018
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. Esta edición se dedica al lanzamiento de la publicación “LATINDIA: el…
Solid Waste Management in the Caribbean: Proceedings from the Caribbean Solid Waste Conference
Apr 2016
Author(s): Riquelme, Rodrigo;Méndez, Paola;Smith, Ianthe
This publication looks into the Solid Waste Sector situation in nine Caribbean countries: The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Guyana, Haiti, Suriname, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. Adequate…
Agricultural Productivity Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and Other World Regions: An Analysis of Climatic Effects, Convergence and Catch-up
Sep 2015
Author(s): Lachaud, Michée Arnold;Bravo-Ureta, Boris E.;Ludeña, Carlos E.
This study estimates Climate Adjusted Total Factor Productivity (CATFP) for agriculture in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries, while also providing comparisons with several regions of the…
Food Security in LAC: Evaluation of the Focus of the IDB's Agriculture Portfolio: Annex 1
Jun 2015
Author(s): Mendieta Umaña, Maria Paula;Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Rose, Jonathan
This is the first of seven detailed reports published with the evaluation Review of the Bank's Support to Agriculture, 2002-2014: Evidence from Key Thematic Areas, conducted by the Office of…
Seguridad alimentaria en ALC: Evaluación del enfoque del portafolio agropecuario del BID: Anexo 1
Jun 2015
Author(s): Mendieta Umaña, Maria Paula;Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Rose, Jonathan
Este documento es el primero de siete informes detallados que acompañan la evaluación Revisión del Apoyo del Banco al Sector Agropecuario, 2002-2014: Evidencia de Áreas Temáticas Clave llevada a cabo…
Climatescope 2014: Mapping the Global Frontier for Clean Energy Investment
Oct 2014
Author(s): Multilateral Investment Fund;Power Africa;Department for International Development;Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Climatescope seeks to bring quantitative rigor to the basic question of what makes a country attractive for clean energy investment, development, and deployment.Climatescope ranks countries on their…
Climascopio 2014: Demarcación del desarrollo global de la inversión en energías renovables
Oct 2014
Author(s): Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones;Power Africa;Department for International Development;Bloomberg New Energy Finance
El Climascopio se propone aportar rigor cuantitativo a la pregunta básica de qué es lo que hace que un país sea atractivo para las inversiones, el desarrollo y el despliegue de energías limpias. El…
Background Paper: LAC Small Island Development States
Oct 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…
Incentivizing Clean Technology in the Mining Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Role of Public Mining Institutions
Dec 2013
Author(s): Masson, Malaika;Walter, Martin;Priester, Michael
How can LAC governments promote the use of clean and green technology in the mining sector and what are the supporting instruments, regulations, infrastructure and institutional aspects that are…
Climate Change and the Caribbean: Areas of Intervention: Financing for the Caribbean Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Unit (ECC), Infrastructure and Environment Department (INE)
Feb 2011
Author(s): Alleng, Gerard
This presentation discusses the cost of impacts of climate change on the Caribbean. The response of adaptation will need to be applied towards an integral strategy to build on disaster risk…