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Technical Seminar on Water and Poverty for Latin America and the Caribbean: Setting a Research Agenda

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2003

This document is the Final Report prepared by the National Center for the Environment (CENMA) of the University of …

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Conservación de ecosistemas de agua dulce: Hacia una estrategia de manejo integrado de recursos hídricos

Bucher, Enrique; Castro, Gonzalo; Floris, Vinio - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997

El presente informe (ENV-114) da cuenta de la importancia humana de los ecosistemas de agua dulce, que además de servir de hábitat fundamentales para una amplia variedad de especies, proporcionan diversos beneficios a la sociedad. Asimismo advierte sobre las cuestiones de sostenibilidad de las...

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Integrated Water Resources Management: Institutional and Policy Reform: Proceedings

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 1999

, Environment, Health, Planning and Finance from 22 Caribbean countries. Four key areas for action were identified: public awareness …

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Uncertainty in the Economic Appraisal of Water Quality Improvement Investments: The Case for Project Risk Analysis

Vaughan, William J.; Darling, Arthur H.; Rodríguez, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

This technical paper argues that Monte Carlo risk analysis offers a more comprehensive and informative way to look at project risk ex-ante than the traditional (and often arbitrary), one-influence-at-atime sensitivity analysis approach customarily used in IDB analyses of economic feasibility....

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The Future of Large Dams in Latin America and the Caribbean: IDB's Energy Strategy for the Region

Millán, Jaime - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

his paper addresses the question of what the future role for hydro might be in meeting the electricity needs of LAC, what issues are involved and what actions the IDB could take to support these developments. Section 2 of the paper summarizes energy resources production and use in the LAC...

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Informe anual sobre el medio ambiente y los recursos naturales 1999

Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano … - 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 concentraron en tres áreas de acción prioritaria: 1) la identificación y puesta en marcha de...

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Integrating Freshwater Ecosystem Function and Services with Water Development Projects

Braga, María Isabel J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

This paper describes the conditions necessary to harmonize project objectives with the conservation of freshwater ecosystems. It also provides information on how to incorporate freshwater ecosystem biodiversity, function, and services with water development projects. One sections of the papers...

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