Feb 2011
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…
Sep 2005
This paper discusses microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the Caribbean. It argues that the reason they have lagged is fundamentally explained by factors internal to the MFIs, rather than external to…
Jan 2003
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Program and the World Bank reiterated their support for the countries…
Apr 2002
This documents was prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank Regional Policy Dialogue. It analyzes the Caribbean sub-region integrated by The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Guyana,…
Apr 2002
This document provides an overview of environmental management priorities, achievements, and challenges in the Caribbean sub-region. It also provides some recommendations for sub-regional initiatives…
Apr 2002
Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la 1a Reunión "Hacia una Gestión Ambiental Eficaz", celebrada los días 4 y 5 de abril, 2002…
Jun 2001
The aim of this paper is to offer a brief analysis of the social investment funds for indigenous people that have been financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and to consider how far…
Jan 2000
Este informe anual sobre el medio ambiente y los recursos naturales examina las acciones del Banco durante 1999. Durante dicho año, las actividades ambientales y de recursos naturales del Banco se…
Jan 2000
This Annual Report details the Bank's activities in environment and natural resources during 1999. Overall in 1999, the Bank's environmental and natural resource activities were focused in…
Jan 2000
"Forest Resource Policy in Latin America" gathers the thinking of a score of experts on sustainable use and management of forests, including incentives for investment. The authors tackle…
Jan 2000
En este libro, varios especialistas en política forestal analizan mejores formas de manejo y conservación de los recursos forestales de la región. Asimismo evalúan los impactos económicos y sociales…
May 1999
This study analyzes present-day and historical demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural changes in traditional native groups and in their environment, which have led to a growing loss of ethnic and…
Oct 1998
The tables in this document present an inventory of some of the available poverty lines for all IDB member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The listed poverty lines are expressed as per…
Oct 1998
Las tablas que conforman el cuerpo de este documento muestran un inventario para todos los países miembros del BID en América Latina y el Caribe de algunas de las líneas de pobreza disponibles por…
Jan 1998
This report summarizes the results of a study of the education statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), financed by the Ford Foundation and implemented by UNESCO's Regional Office…