opportunities for health planning, to education reform in Honduras. …

purposes: 1. Provide basic information on health, safety and environmental (HSE) issues in the apparel industry, including …

set aside US$30 millions from the JSF resources for the Poverty Reduction Program (JPO). A total of 29 JSF/JPO projects … (Poverty Reduction Program). The JCF has become the largest of the 28 smaller funds established within the Technical …

To date, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has considered the impact of its projects on community health and … project teams consider health and safety issues in the context of managing project impacts and risks, no specific guidance … currently exists on how to do this. This Community Health and Safety Guidance Note is designed to fill that gap by providing …

Natural disasters are an important source of vulnerability in the Caribbean region. Despite being one of the more …

This report examines evidence from post-Mitch Central America and disasters in other parts of the world to identify the … ways disasters affect women and to highlight women's participation in prevention, relief, rehabilitation, and … reconstruction efforts. This report is based on background papers prepared on the effects of Mitch and past disasters on women, and …

poverty reduction, additional concerns due to the likely future impact of climate change. The foremost concerns of the present …