This Discussion Paper is intended to serve several purposes: This Discussion Paper is intended to serve several purposes: 1. Provide basic information on health, safety and environmental (HSE) issues in the apparel industry, including generally recognized best practices. 2. Discuss the capacity...

To date, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has considered the impact of its projects on community health and safety on an ad hoc basis. Although the IDB's 2006 Environmental and Safeguards Compliance Policy (OP-703) requires that project teams consider health and safety issues in the...

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...

Este é o primeiro de dois volumes que constituem o relatório anual do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento. O relatório contém uma descrição das atividades do Banco em 2010 (empréstimos, garantias e financiamentos não reembolsáveis), as demonstrações contábeis básicas do Banco e...

In 2011 OVE began using the DEM and the self-evaluation system as a way to assess the evaluability of the Bank's portfolio by validating the DEMs of a sample of projects. The first exercise was used as pilot to set the standards OVE would use and to inform the Board and Management of the new...

This is the first of two volumes that constitute the Annual Report of the Inter-American Development Bank. The two-volume report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2010 (loans, guarantees, and grants) and, in a separate volume, Management's Discussion and Analysis: Ordinary Capital,...

This publication brings together a selection of recent work from the Inter-American Development Bank on development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through publications, seminars, events, policy dialogues, blogs and databases, IDB provides research and insight into some of the most...

This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2004. It provides a description on a country-by-country basis and a regional overlook of the Bank's various operations - loans, guarantees, financing...

During the last decade, the IDB has strongly promoted an agenda to increase its capacity to report on results, with a particular focus on project evaluability. The first pilot exercise to validate the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM) of randomly selected projects began in October 2011. The...

Ce rapport contient un bref résumé de la situation économique de l'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes, ainsi qu'un examen des activités de l'institution en 2004. Il présente également une description pour chaque pays et pour l'ensemble de la région des diverses opérations consacrées par...