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Climate Change Impacts on Birth Outcomes in Brazil

Pereda, Paula C.; Menezes, Tatiane A. de; Alves, Denisard - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential impact of climate change. Panel data models indicate that excess and lack of rainfall have the most important harmful effects on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low...

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Societal Benefits from Renewable Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Vergara, Walter; Isbell, Paul; Rios, Ana R.; Gómez, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

, avoided pollution control costs, avoided energy security costs) and economic benefits (improvements in the balance of payments …

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Sustainable Forest Management in Latin America: Relevant Actors and Policies

Camino, Ronnie de - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

This paper analyzes the role of particular social and economic actors in the forest sector, and the impact of existing policies in the region. The aim is to visualize the options that are available to improve forest policies and practices that will in turn generate income and ensure...

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Policy Instruments and Financing Mechanisms for the Sustainable Use of Forests in Latin America

López, Ramón - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996

The objectives of this paper are two-fold: to analyze the role of international and domestic policies on the sustainable use of forests in Latin America; and to examine potential financing mechanisms to promote sustainable forest development and a more efficient wood processing industry. The paper...

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Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of Project Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measure: Implementation Guideline

Dixon, John A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

(CBA) in order to measure net benefits from a project taking both project and environmental factors into account, as …

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The Effect of Acute and Intensive Exposure to Particulate Matter on Birth Outcomes in Montevideo

Balsa, Ana; Bloomfield, Juanita; Caffera, Marcelo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

This study explores the impact of air pollution on adverse birth outcomes. The study focuses on the effect of …

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The Effects of Air Pollution on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Chile

Miller, Sebastian; Vela, Mauricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

In addition to the morbidity and mortality concerns of outdoor air pollution, studies have shown that air pollution … micrograms per cubic meter) by 15 micrograms per cubic meter on average. Efforts to reduce pollution below this norm in the most …

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Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean

Rogers, Peter - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

To choose better water investments we need to have a better appreciation of what is possible with improved governance, of how to identify improved governance, how to design institutions for it, and how to incorporate it into planning and investments. This paper reviews the theoretical and...

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Are Environmentally Related Taxes Effective?

Miller, Sebastian; Vela, Mauricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

taxes contribution to reducing pollution and improving environmental quality has not been fully explored. This paper … related to countries environmental performance. While environmental taxes efficiencies have previously been discussed, those … therefore analyzes the effectiveness of environmental taxes by examining the environmental performance of 50 countries from all …

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Are Environmental Taxes Affected by Legislatures' Ideological Positions?

Miller, Sebastian; Vela, Mauricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Environmental taxes have been discussed as one of the main mechanisms to deal with environmental problems. Nonetheless …, instruments of this type have rarely been implemented, and the adoption of new or higher environmental taxes has faced resistance … in some countries. The purpose of this work is to identify one possible political answer to why adoption of environmental …

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