Global Review of Economic Instruments for Solid Waste Management in Latin America and the Caribbean: Executive Summary

Date
Feb 2003
This is a summary of a report prepared for the II Meeting of the Regional Policy Dialogue on Environmental Management, to be held the 25th and 26th February 2003 in Washington D.C. The report contains an overview of the available international literature and information on the application of economic instruments in solid waste management. Examples from a wide range of high-income and developing countries are included in the report with numerous references, most of which are accessible through the internet citation provided.