This working paper contains a review and analysis of environmental policy tools in Latin America. It contains a review of the instruments themselves and their properties are discussed in both static and dynamic contexts. The report brings together the institutional and more narrowly economic...

This working paper contains a review and analysis of environmental policy tools in Latin America. It contains a review of the instruments themselves and their properties are discussed in both static and dynamic contexts. The report brings together the institutional and more narrowly economic...

El interés en los problemas ambientales de los países en desarrollo ha dado lugar a una cantidad cada vez mayor de obras teóricas sobre la selección de instrumentos de política, en las cuales se tiende a propugnar que los países en desarrollo adopten y establezcan sistemas de manejo...

This working paper develops upon the idea that economic analysis has a definite role to play in informing decision makers about the desirability of going ahead with an investment project designed to improve environmental quality and also that the role of precision in this matter is not trivial....

El interés en los problemas ambientales de los países en desarrollo ha dado lugar a una cantidad cada vez mayor de obras teóricas sobre la selección de instrumentos de política, en las cuales se tiende a propugnar que los países en desarrollo adopten y establezcan sistemas de manejo...

This working paper develops upon the idea that economic analysis has a definite role to play in informing decision makers about the desirability of going ahead with an investment project designed to improve environmental quality and also that the role of precision in this matter is not trivial....

This technical paper provides us with an in-depth explanation of how losses due to catastrophes are insured and who absorbs the costs of compensating the insured assets. In the absence of an effective insurance market, the government often becomes the de facto financier of postdisaster...

The purpose of this report is to carry out for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) a strategic analysis of specific medium-sized cities in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region that could present opportunities for linking greenhouse gas mitigation and sustainable urban...

El presente informe técnico analiza la potencial aplicación práctica de los instrumentos financieros diseñados para el financiamiento y la transferencia del riesgo de las amenazas naturales en América Latina. En primer lugar, se presenta, en términos generales, el papel del financiamiento...

The Bank expanded its housing finance activities in the 1990s, shifting its support toward sector reforms that increase the capacity of housing finance and delivery mechanisms to cater to the needs of low-income households. The present publication examines Bank experience in housing, draws...