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....

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...

Health problems due to poor air quality have been among the main environmental concerns in Mexico City, Santiago, Bogotá, Sao Paulo, Lima, Quito among other cities in the region. This study provides quantitative estimates of key air pollution concentrations, health impacts, and the monetary...

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....

El presente documento (ENV-109) busca dar al lector una base sólida sobre los beneficios, retos y enfoque para el desarrollo de programas sostenibles de manejo de áreas verdes urbanas. El objetivo es abarcar los elementos más importantes que deben ser considerados a la hora de iniciar los...

Health problems due to poor air quality have been among the main environmental concerns in Mexico City, Santiago, Bogotá, Sao Paulo, Lima, Quito among other cities in the region. This study provides quantitative estimates of key air pollution concentrations, health impacts, and the monetary...

El presente documento (ENV-109) busca dar al lector una base sólida sobre los beneficios, retos y enfoque para el desarrollo de programas sostenibles de manejo de áreas verdes urbanas. El objetivo es abarcar los elementos más importantes que deben ser considerados a la hora de iniciar los...