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Ex Post Evaluation of Mitigation Measures in the Samalayuca II and Monterrey III Thermal Power Generation Projects Title: Evaluación ex-post de las medidas de mitigación en los pro...
González, Verónica - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This evaluation conducts an ex post review of the mitigation measures in the Samalayuca II and Monterrey III thermal power generation projects in Mexico. In general, it can be concluded that both thermoelectric power plants took into account most of the environmental impacts and mitigation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673105
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Global Review of Economic Instruments for Water Management in Latin America and the Caribbean. Executive Summary
Kraemer, R. Andreas; Pielen, Britta; Leipprand, Anna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
The report contains an overview of the available international literature and information on the application of economic instruments in water management, with particular emphasis on the European experience. Economic instruments have gained particular attention in recent years as an important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673714
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The Role of Tradable Permits in Water Pollution Control
Kraemer, R. Andreas; Kampa, Eleftheria; Interwies, Eduard - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
pollution rights. Next, the authors provide literature-based empirical evidence of the international experience with tradable … water pollution rights (case studies from the US and Australia). Subsequently, the authors make recommendations on the … strategies for introducing tradable water pollution rights, they point out opportunities and limitations and discuss the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193174
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Thematic Note: The Challenge of Integrated Watershed Management: Analysis of the Bank's Actions in Watershed Management Programs 1989-2010 Title: Nota temática: El reto del manejo...
González, Verónica; Alvarez, Lourdes - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The objective of this thematic note is to analyze IDB's actions in integrated watershed management during the period 1989-2010. The approach of the IDB's loan portfolio in this sector shifted from having an emphasis on resource management and conservation (in the 1990s) toward financial support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673419
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Primary Education in Latin America: The Unfinished Agenda
Wolff, Laurence; Schiefelbein, Ernesto; Schiefelbein, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
This paper asks a deceptively simple question. After over a decade of concern about and investment in primary education, what have been the results and how much further does the region need to go before it has achieved a primary education of quality for all children? The paper creatively reviews...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206132
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Primary Education in Latin America: The Unfinished Agenda
Wolff, Laurence; Schiefelbein, Ernesto; Schiefelbein, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
This paper asks a deceptively simple question. After over a decade of concern about and investment in primary education, what have been the results and how much further does the region need to go before it has achieved a primary education of quality for all children? The paper creatively reviews...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654519