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Date issued: feb 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Costa Leite, Luiz Edmundo;Penido Monteiro, José Henrique

This work presents a case study of Rio de Janeiro's improvement of its urban trash and garbage services by bringing in private operators to collect the "extraordinary wastes" produced…

Date issued: feb 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Seroa da Motta, Ronaldo

The economic literature commonly identifies economic instruments (EIs) as a "better" way to achieve environmental goals than specified quantity and technological standards commonly known as…

Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Cointreau, Sandra;Hornig, Constance

There is a strong relationship between economic instruments and the polluter-pays principle. That principle involves allocating costs of waste management services, resource consumption, and pollution…

Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Ducci, Jorge;Toman, Michael

The use of economic instruments has drawn increased attention as a tool for both lessening the size of the solid waste management problem and improving upon the delivery of solid waste collection and…

Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Seroa da Motta, Ronaldo

This presentation was commissioned by the Environment Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the II Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on February 25th and 26th, 2003. Three distinct criteria:…

Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Cointreau, Sandra;Hornig, Constance

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…

Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Cointreau, Sandra;Hornig, Constance

El presente es el resumen de un informe elaborado para el Diálogo Regional de Política de Medio Ambiente, que tuvo lugar los días 25 y 26 de febrero de 2003 en Washington D.C. Este informe incluye…

Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Russell, Clifford S.

The central issue of the II Meeting of the Environment Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue, held on February 25 and 26, 2003, is "the application of economic instruments in water and solid…

Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Russell, Clifford S.

El tema central es de la II Reunión de la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Políticas que tuvo lugar el 25 y 26 de febrero del 2003, es "la aplicación de instrumentos económicos en…

Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Ducci, Jorge;Toman, Michael

Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la 3ra Reunión La Aplicación de Instrumentos Económicos para la Gestión del Agua y Residuos…